Workshop on Investigations of Higher Order Correlation Functions
J. Phys. Colloques 46 (1985) C9-69-C9-78
DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:1985908
BOND-ANGLE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS IN METALLIC GLASSES
J. HafnerInstitut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Wien, Karlsplatz 13, A 1040 Wien, Austria
Abstract
Bond-angle distribution functions have been calculated for realistic models of metallic glasses. They suggest a defected icosahedral short-range bond-orientational order and a close analogy of the short-range topological order in the amorphous and in the crystalline states.