2002/10/21 by E. La Nave, S. Mossa, F. Sciortino +1
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.soft #cond-mat.dis-nn
published as J. Phys. Condens. Matter 15, S1085 (2003) · 10 pages, 3 eps figures
arxiv created 2002/10/21 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
The techniques which allow the numerical evaluation of the statistical properties of the potential energy landscape for models of simple liquids are reviewed and critically discussed. Expressions for the liquid free energy and its vibrational and configurational components are reported. Finally, a possible model for the statistical properties of the landscape, which appears to describe correctly fragile liquids in the region where equilibrium simulations are feasible, is discussed.