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Positive Kauzmann Temperature: A Thermodynamic Proof and Confirmation by Exact calculations

P. D. Gujrati

cond-mat.mtrl-sciarXiv:cond-mat/0309143

Abstract

Assuming the existence of stationary metastable states (SMS's), and using general thermodynamic arguments, we prove that a positive Kauzmann temperature exists for SMS's provided the ideal glass energy is higher than the crystal energy at absolute zero. We confirm the general predictions by two exact calculations, one of which is not mean-field.

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