Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.112, No.6, 2933-2944, 2000
Lennard-Jones binary mixture: A thermodynamical approach to glass transition
We study the liquid-glass transition of the Lennard-Jones binary mixture introduced by Kob and Andersen from a thermodynamic point of view. By means of the replica approach, translating the problem in the study of a molecular liquid, we study the phase transition due to the entropy crisis and we find that the Kauzmann's temperature T-K is similar to 0.32. At the end we compare analytical predictions with numerical results.