Out of equilibrium generalized Stokes-Einstein relation: determination of the effective temperature of an aging medium
arXiv:cond-mat/0404613 · doi:10.1016/j.physa.2004.07.019
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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