The static structure factor of amorphous silicon and vitreous silica

Adam M. R. de Graff, M. F. Thorpe

Liquids are in thermal equilibrium and have a non-zero static structure factor S(Q->0) = [<N^2>-<N>^2]/<N> = rho*k_B*T*Chi_T where rho is the number density, T is the temperature,…