Abstract:
We propose a model for describing the low-temperature transition to
the orientational glass state in solid molecular $\mathrm{C}_{60}$ in
the framework of a theory similar to spin glass theory. We find a replica
symmetric solution and also break the replica symmetry. The obtained results
agree with experimental data on the partial retention of the orientational
long-range order in the glass phase and on the presence of a broad maximum on
the curve corresponding to the temperature dependence of the orientational
part of the heat capacity.