Publications [#247638] of Richard G. Palmer
Papers Published
- Stein, DL; Palmer, RG, Nature of the glass transition.,
Physical review. B, Condensed matter, vol. 38 no. 16
(December, 1988),
pp. 12035-12038, American Physical Society (APS), ISSN 0163-1829 [doi]
(last updated on 2024/04/23)Abstract:
We propose a picture whereby the kinetic glass transition observed in the laboratory is controlled by an underlying phase transition with unusual properties. We assume that the line of metastable liquid states below the freezing temperature ends in a fixed point, and show that this picture is in accord with a number of experimental observations, including the vanishing of the excess configurational entropy of the liquid and the Vogel-Fulcher law. Differences between this scenario and current theories of systems whose Hamiltonian possesses quenched disorder are discussed. © 1988 The American Physical Society.