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Kob-Andersen混合物中的动态和热力学交叉场景:来自多CPU和多GPU模拟的见解

Dynamic and thermodynamic crossover scenarios in the Kob-Andersen mixture: Insights from multi-CPU and multi-GPU simulations

Daniele Coslovich, Misaki Ozawa, Walter Kob

摘要:

玻璃形成液体的物理行为呈现出动力学和热力学性质的复杂特征。一些研究表明存在热力学异常和动力学性质的交叉,但其起源和普遍性程度难以评估。此外,传统的模拟几乎无法覆盖这些交叉通常发生的温度范围。为了解决这些问题,我们模拟的Kob-Andersen Lennard-Jones混合使用高效的协议的基础上多CPU和多GPU并行回火。我们的设置使我们能够探测的热力学和动力学的液体平衡远低于临界温度的模式耦合理论,$T_{\rm MCT} = 0.435$。我们发现,低于$T=0.4$的分析是阻碍了部分结晶的亚稳液体,成核扩展区域的大颗粒排列在一个面心立方结构。通过过滤掉晶体样品,我们揭示了比热以规则的方式增长到$T=0.38$。可能的热力学异常建议以前的研究,因此只能发生在该系统是高度亚稳的相图的区域。使用从平行回火模拟得到的平衡构型,我们进行分子动力学和蒙特卡罗模拟探测平衡动力学下降到$T=0.4$。弛豫时间和扩散数据的温度导数分析使我们能够评估$T_{\rm MCT}$周围的不同动态场景。动态交叉的提示来自于对四点动态敏感性的分析。最后,我们讨论了未来可能的数值策略,以澄清玻璃形成液体中的交叉现象的性质。

英文摘要:

The physical behavior of glass-forming liquids presents complex features of both dynamic and thermodynamic nature. Some studies indicate the presence of thermodynamic anomalies and of crossovers in the dynamic properties, but their origin and degree of universality is difficult to assess. Moreover, conventional simulations are barely able to cover the range of temperatures at which these crossovers usually occur. To address these issues, we simulate the Kob-Andersen Lennard-Jones mixture using efficient protocols based on multi-CPU and multi-GPU parallel tempering. Our setup enables us to probe the thermodynamics and dynamics of the liquid at equilibrium well below the critical temperature of mode-coupling theory, $T_{\rm MCT} = 0.435$. We find that below $T=0.4$ the analysis is hampered by partial crystallization of the metastable liquid, which nucleates extended regions populated by large particles arranged in an fcc structure. By filtering out crystalline samples, we reveal that the specific heat grows in a regular manner down to $T=0.38$. Possible thermodynamic anomalies suggested by previous studies can thus occur only in a region of the phase diagram where the system is highly metastable. Using the equilibrium configurations obtained from the parallel tempering simulations, we perform molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations to probe the equilibrium dynamics down to $T=0.4$. A temperature-derivative analysis of the relaxation time and diffusion data allows us to assess different dynamic scenarios around $T_{\rm MCT}$. Hints of a dynamic crossover come from analysis of the four-point dynamic susceptibility. Finally, we discuss possible future numerical strategies to clarify the nature of crossover phenomena in glass-forming liquids.

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