CNR-ISC Uos Sapienza, Piazzale A. Moro 2, I-00185 Roma, Italy.
Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Universitá di Roma, Piazzale A. Moro 2, I-00185 Roma, Italy.
Phys Rev Lett. 2014 Dec 19;113(25):258302. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.258302. Epub 2014 Dec 18.
We investigate the slow dynamics of a simple glass former whose interaction potential is the sum of a hard core and a square shoulder repulsion. According to mode coupling theory, the competition between the two repulsive length scales gives rise to a complex dynamic scenario: besides the fluid-glass line, the theory predicts a glass-glass line in the temperature-packing fraction plane with two end points. Interestingly, for critical values of the square-shoulder parameters, such end points can be accessed from the liquid phase. We verify, via extensive numerical simulations, the existence of both points through the observation of an unconventional subdiffusive/logarithmic dynamical behavior. Unexpectedly, we also discover that the simultaneous presence of two end points generates special loci in the state diagram along which the dynamics is identical at all length and time scales.
我们研究了一种简单玻璃形成体的慢动力学,其相互作用势能是硬芯和方肩排斥的总和。根据模式耦合理论,这两种排斥长度尺度之间的竞争导致了复杂的动态情况:除了流体-玻璃线之外,该理论还预测了温度-填充分数平面上的玻璃-玻璃线,该线具有两个端点。有趣的是,对于方肩参数的临界值,这些端点可以从液相中获得。我们通过观察非常规的亚扩散/对数动力学行为,通过广泛的数值模拟验证了这两点的存在。出乎意料的是,我们还发现,两个端点的同时存在会在状态图中产生特殊的轨迹,在这些轨迹中,所有长度和时间尺度的动力学都是相同的。