Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.116, No.10, 4228-4231, 2002
Stability limits for a liquid of Einstein glasses
The thermal properties of a model liquid are expressed in terms of the properties of the glasses that it samples. Each glass is modeled as an Einstein solid with enthalpy H-0 at absolute zero and an Einstein temperature that decreases linearly with H-0. The number of glasses with enthalpy H-0 is represented by a Gaussian distribution. The range over which the liquid exists is bounded below by a Kauzmann temperature, where it has the same entropy as an individual glass, and bounded above by a heat capacity divergence.