Widom line

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The Widom line (not to be confused with the Fisher-Widom line) is a locus of maximum correlation length that emanates from the hypothesized liquid–liquid critical point of water [1]. It was named the Widom line by H. Eugene Stanley[2] in honour of Benjamin Widom.

References

  1. ↑ Limei Xu, Pradeep Kumar, S. V. Buldyrev, S.-H. Chen, P. H. Poole, F. Sciortino, and H. E. Stanley "Relation between the Widom line and the dynamic crossover in systems with a liquid–liquid phase transition", PNAS 102 pp. 16558-16562 (2005)
  2. ↑ Sergey V. Buldyrev "Water wisdom and Widom", Boston University Research Briefs December 6 (2005)
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