Absence of thermodynamic phase transition in a model glass former

Nature

Volumn 405, Issue 6786, 2000, Pages 550-551

  Santen, Ludger ^a   Krauth, Werner ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DENSITY; LIQUID; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0034212737     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35014561     Document Type: Article

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