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arxiv: cond-mat/0512028 · v2 · submitted 2005-12-01 · ❄️ cond-mat.soft · cond-mat.stat-mech

Sensitivity of arrest in mode-coupling glasses to low-q structure

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We quantify, within mode coupling theory, how changes in the liquid structure affect that of the glass. Apart from the known sensitivity to the structure factor $S(q)$ at wavevectors around the first sharp diffraction peak $q_0$, we find a strong (and inverted) response to structure at wavevectors \emph{below} this peak: an increase in $S(q_0/2)$ {\em lowers} the degree of arrest over a wide $q$-range. This strong sensitivity to `caged cage' packing effects, on length scales of order 2d, is much weaker in attractive glasses where short-range bonding dominates the steric caging effect.

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