CMSP News and Views Seminar @ICTP Thursday 23 January 11 am- Francesco SCIORTINO

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CMSP News and Views Seminar

Thursday 23 January at 11:00 a.m.
Luigi Stasi Seminar Room, first floor, Leonardo building

Speaker: Francesco SCIORTINO
Univ. di Roma 'La Sapienza', Roma

Title: Computational Studies of the Liquid-liquid Transition
in Supercooled Water: Old and New Numerical Results

Abstract:
There has been uninterrupted interest in the thermodynamics of supercooled
water ever since the pioneering experiments of Speedy and Angell revealed
sharp increases in this substance response functions upon supercooling. One
intriguing hypothesis postulates the existence of a metastable 
liquid-liquid transition
at deeply supercooled conditions. Numerical studies have played an 
important role
in the development of this idea. Old and novel studies supporting the 
existence of
such a critical point will be discussed.