Fig. 2.

Samples simulated in this work (labeled points) superimposed on the state diagram previously determined (24) for our system of sticky bidisperse hard spheres (continuous lines; axes as in Fig. 1). Our simulations show that four distinct states exist: ergodic fluid (EF), nonbonded repulsive glass (NRG), bonded repulsive glass (BRG), and dense gel (DG). The “metastable continuation” of the boundary between EF and NRG is shown (dashed) and terminates at an end point (open circle).