Is the fast process at the glass transition mainly due to long wavelength excitations?

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作者
Buchenau, U [1 ]
Wischnewski, A [1 ]
Richter, D [1 ]
Frick, B [1 ]
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[1] INST MAX VON LAUE PAUL LANGEVIN, F-38042 GRENOBLE 9, FRANCE
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.4035
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Inelastic coherent neutron spectra from deuterated polybutadiene in the neighborhood of the glass transition allows one to discriminate long wavelength and other excitations. The analysis reveals the unexpected result that a dominating part of the so-called fast process in polybutadiene, commonly attributed to picosecond relaxations, rather originates from a strong softening of the sound waves.
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