The kinetic glass transition: what can we learn from molecular dynamics simulations?

Abstract

After some general considerations on the kinetic glass transition, an evaluation is made of the relevant information which may be gained from molecular dynamics simulations of simple model systems. It is shown how numerical “experiments” have contributed to the present picture of dynamical processes near the kinetic glass transition, in close connection with the scenario suggested by mode coupling theory, and with data from radiation scattering experiments.