Cooperativity of short-time dynamics revisited
arXiv:1802.05325 · doi:10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2018.04.029
Abstract
Using molecular dynamics simulations we examine the system size dependence of the fast dynamics in two model glass forming liquids, one of them a Lennard-Jones mixture for which cooperative fast relaxation has been reported. We find no indication of a temperature-dependent dynamic length scale characterizing these fast dynamics; the size effects in the short time range are temperature independent, and the consequence of cutting off of long wavelength acoustic modes. In a molecular liquid exhibiting a clear Johari-Goldstein (JG) relaxation, significant size effects are again present both for the vibrational motion and long-time α relaxation (only the latter having a significant temperature dependence), but absent for the JG relaxation.
arXiv comment8 pages, 4 figures
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