The ratchet effect in an ageing glass

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment

Volumn 2010, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Gradenigo, Giacomo ^a   Sarracino, Alessandro ^a   Villamaina, Dario ^a   Grigera, Tomás S ^b   Puglisi, Andrea ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES FISICOQUÍMICAS TEÓRICAS Y APLICADAS INIFTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Slow relaxation and glassy dynamics; Structural glasses (theory); Transport properties (theory)

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650357804     PISSN: 17425468     EISSN: 17425468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2010/12/L12002     Document Type: Article

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