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Energy landscape of a simple model for strong liquids
A J Moreno1, S V Buldyrev, E La Nave
1Dipartimento di Fisica and INFM-CRS-SMC, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy.
Abstract:
We calculate the statistical properties of the energy landscape of a minimal model for strong network-forming liquids. Dynamic and thermodynamic properties of this model can be computed with arbitrary precision even at low temperatures. A degenerate disordered ground state and logarithmic statistics for the local minima energy distribution are the landscape signatures of strong liquid behavior. Differences from fragile liquid properties are attributed to the presence of a discrete energy scale, provided by the particle bonds, and to the intrinsic degeneracy of topologically disordered networks.
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