Metastable structures with modified weighted density-functional theory

Charanbir Kaur and Shankar P. Das
Phys. Rev. E 65, 026123 – Published 18 January 2002
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Abstract

The free energy of the supercooled liquid near freezing is studied in the density-functional approach using the modified weighted density approximation. A class of minima corresponding to heterogeneous structures characterized by weak mass localization are detected. The stability of these structures is found to be greater than the highly localized “hard-sphere glass” state in the intermediate density range above freezing.

  • Received 18 September 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.65.026123

©2002 American Physical Society

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Charanbir Kaur and Shankar P. Das*

  • School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India

  • *Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

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Vol. 65, Iss. 2 — February 2002

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