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Simulating glassy systems is challenging. Cyclic shear deformation can accelerate relaxation to low-energy states at low temperatures, but a new hybrid Monte Carlo algorithm is needed to ensure true equilibrium sampling.

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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Computational Physics
Chemical Engineering

Background:

Simulating glassy systems requires generating equilibrium configurations at low temperatures to study behavior near the glass transition.
Existing methods face challenges in achieving true equilibrium, hindering the investigation of static and dynamic properties.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the efficacy of cyclic shear deformation in generating low-energy configurations for model glass formers.
To develop and validate a novel algorithm for ensuring equilibrium sampling in glassy systems.

Main Methods:

Performing shear deformation simulations across various temperatures, shear rates, and strain amplitudes.
Developing a hybrid Monte Carlo algorithm incorporating cyclic shear as a trial step with energy and dissipated heat-dependent acceptance probabilities.

Main Results:

Cyclic shear deformation accelerates relaxation (overaging) at low temperatures but does not speed up relaxation to steady states at higher temperatures.
Shear-generated configurations exhibit properties indistinguishable from equilibrium but do not guarantee an equilibrium ensemble.
The developed hybrid Monte Carlo algorithm successfully generates equilibrium ensembles.

Conclusions:

While cyclic shear aids relaxation, it does not inherently guarantee equilibrium sampling in glassy systems.
A hybrid Monte Carlo approach combining cyclic shear with appropriate acceptance criteria is effective for achieving equilibrium in simulations.
This method advances the simulation of glassy materials, enabling more accurate studies of their behavior near the glass transition.