An alternative scheme to find glass state solutions using integral equation theory for the pair structure

Abstract

We propose and discuss a straightforward search protocol for the glass-like solutions of the integral equations of the two-replica approach to the random first-order transition theory of the liquid-glass transition. The new numerical strategy supplements those recently introduced by Jean-Pierre Hansen and ourselves. A few results for inverse power (1/r ¹²) fluid are discussed and critically compared with results from other approaches.

Keywords:

• liquid–glass transition
• random first-order transition
• integral equations for liquid structure

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.