Abstract
In previous work the parameter of glassiness was introduced to distinguish between a liquid and a glass, using a formal analogy with the quantum Bose system. The glassiness is defined in such a way that it is unity in a frozen system and less than one in a liquid. In the present letter we revise first the results obtained for the glassiness in a hard sphere liquid as a function of the density. Then we investigate the influence of an attractive potential by obtaining the glassiness as a function of the density, temperature and the attractive tail when a square well potential is added to the hard core.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1715-1720 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications |
Volume | 387 |
Issue number | 8-9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 15 Mar 2008 |
Keywords
- Bose-Einstein condensation
- Glassiness
- Hard sphere system
- Square well