SELF-SIMILAR LIGHT-SCATTERING SPECTRA OF BETA RELAXATION NEAR THE LIQUID-GLASS TRANSITION

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TAO, NJ [1 ]
LI, G [1 ]
CUMMINS, HZ [1 ]
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[1] CUNY CITY COLL,DEPT PHYS,NEW YORK,NY 10031
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.1334
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We report a light-scattering observation of beta-relaxation in [Ca(NO3)2]0.4-(KNO3)0.6 in the vicinity of the liquid-glass transition. The spectra exhibit self-similarity with I(omega) = A/omega-1-a over a spectral range of nearly 3 orders of magnitude in both the liquid and glass phases. This result agrees with predictions of mode-coupling theories of the glass transition. However, the value of alpha is strongly temperature dependent, a result not predicted by the theory. The spectra are strongly depolarized with a depolarization ratio of approximately 0.75.
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