Out of equilibrium generalized Stokes-Einstein relation: determination of the effective temperature of an aging medium
Statistical Mechanics
2015-06-24 v1 Soft Condensed Matter
Abstract
We analyze in details how the anomalous drift and diffusion properties of a particle evolving in an aging medium can be interpreted in terms of an effective temperature of the medium. From an experimental point of view, independent measurements of the mean-square displacement and of the mobility of a particle immersed in an aging medium such as a colloidal glass give access to an out of equilibrium generalized Stokes-Einstein relation, from which the effective temperature of the medium can eventually be deduced. We illustrate the procedure on a simple model with power-law behaviours.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0404613,
title = {Out of equilibrium generalized Stokes-Einstein relation: determination of the effective temperature of an aging medium},
author = {Noelle Pottier},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0404613},
year = {2015}
}
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15 pages