Noro-Frenkel scaling in short-range square well: A Potential Energy Landscape study

dc.creatorFoffi, G.
dc.creatorSciortino, F.
dc.date2006-10-31
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dc.descriptionWe study the statistical properties of the potential energy landscape of a system of particles interacting via a very short-range square-well potential (of depth $-u_0$), as a function of the range of attraction $Δ$ to provide thermodynamic insights of the Noro and Frenkel [ M.G. Noro and D. Frenkel, J.Chem.Phys. {\bf 113}, 2941 (2000)] scaling. We exactly evaluate the basin free energy and show that it can be separated into a {\it vibrational} ($Δ$-dependent) and a {\it floppy} ($Δ$-independent) component. We also show that the partition function is a function of $Δe^{βu_o}$, explaining the equivalence of the thermodynamics for systems characterized by the same second virial coefficient. An outcome of our approach is the possibility of counting the number of floppy modes (and their entropy).
dc.description4 pages, 4 figures accepted for publication on PRE
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0610885
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0610885
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. E 74, 050401(R) (2006)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevE.74.050401
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/117490
dc.subjectDisordered Systems and Neural Networks
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.titleNoro-Frenkel scaling in short-range square well: A Potential Energy Landscape study
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