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Event-based relaxation of continuous disordered systems

G. T. Barkema, Normand Mousseau

cond-matarXiv:cond-mat/9607156

Abstract

A computational approach is presented to obtain energy-minimized structures in glassy materials. This approach, the activation-relaxation technique (ART), achieves its efficiency by focusing on significant changes in the microscopic structure (events). The application of ART is illustrated with two examples: the structure of amorphous silicon, and the structure of Ni80P20, a metallic glass.

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