| Issue |
EPL
Volume 79, Number 2, July 2007
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 26001 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Condensed Matter: Structural, Mechanical and Thermal Properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/79/26001 | |
| Published online | 21 June 2007 | |
Driven activation vs. thermal activation
1
ETH Zürich, Polymer Physics, HCI H541 - CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
2
Université Lyon I, Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée et des Nanostructures; CNRS, UMR 5586 43 Bvd. du 11 Novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
Received:
10
April
2007
Accepted:
31
May
2007
Activated dynamics in a glassy system undergoing steady shear deformation is studied by numerical simulations. Our results show that the external driving force has a strong influence on the barrier crossing rate, even though the reaction coordinate is only weakly coupled to the nonequilibrium system. This “driven activation” can be quantified by introducing in the Arrhenius expression an effective temperature, which is close to the one determined from the fluctuation-dissipation relation. This conclusion is supported by analytical results for a simplified model system.
PACS: 64.70.Pf – Glass transitions / 05.40.-a – Fluctuation phenomena, random processes, noise, and Brownian motion / 05.70.Ln – Nonequilibrium and irreversible thermodynamics
© Europhysics Letters Association, 2007
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