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Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 2012 Volume 95, Issue 3, Pages 179–184 (Mi jetpl2438)

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Universal crossover of liquid dynamics in supercritical region

V. V. Brazhkina, Yu. D. Fomina, A. G. Lyapina, V. N. Ryzhova, K. Trachenkob

a Institute for High Pressure Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
b School of Physics, Queen Mary, University of London

Abstract: We demonstrate that all liquids in supercritical region may exist in two qualitatively different states: solid-like and gas-like. Solid-like to gas-like crossover corresponds to the condition $\tau\approx\tau_0$, where $\tau$ is liquid relaxation time and $\tau_0$ is the minimal period of transverse waves. This condition corresponds to the loss of shear stiffness of a liquid at all frequencies and defines a new narrow crossover zone on the phase diagram. We show that the intersection of this zone corresponds to the disappearance of high-frequency sound, qualitative changes of diffusion and viscous flow, increase of particle thermal speed to half of the speed of sound and reduction of the constant volume specific heat to $2k_{\rm B}$ per particle. The new crossover is universal: it separates two liquid states at arbitrarily high pressure and temperature, and even exists in systems where liquid – gas transition and the critical point are absent overall.

Received: 11.01.2012

Language: English


 English version:
Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters, 2012, 95:3, 164–169

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