Thalmann, F and Dasgupta, C and Feinberg, D (2000) Phase diagram of a classical fluid in a quenched random potential. In: Europhysics Letters, 50 (1). pp. 54-60.
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Abstract
We consider the phase diagram of a classical fluid in the presence of a random pinning potential of arbitrary strength. Introducing replicas for averaging over the quenched disorder, we use the hypernetted chain approximation to calculate the correlations in the replicated liquid. The freezing transition of the liquid into a nearly crystalline state is studied using a density functional approach, and the liquid-to-glass transition is studied using a phenomenological replica symmetry breaking approach introduced by Mezard and Parisi. The first-order liquid-to-crystal transition is found to change to a continuous liquid-to-glass transition as the strength of the disorder is increased above a threshold value.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Europhysics Letters |
| Publisher: | EDP Sciences |
| Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to EDP Sciences. |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Nov 2007 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Sep 2010 04:30 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/8109 |
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