Hybrid Monte Carlo simulation of a glass-forming binary mixture

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Flenner, E ^a   Szamel, G ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ENTROPY; GLASS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; VIBRATION CONTROL;

GLASS-FORMING BINARY MIXTURES; MODE-COUPLING TEMPERATURE; PARALLEL TEMPERING; THERMODYNAMIC QUANTITIES;

BINARY MIXTURES;

EID: 33745185352     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.73.061505     Document Type: Article

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