Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2003-04-08
Physical Review E, Vol. 66 (2002) 050501R
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
5 pages, 1 figure
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.66.050501
We extend the conventional mode-coupling theory of supercooled liquids to systems under stationary shear flow. Starting from generalized fluctuating hydrodynamics, a nonlinear equation for the intermediate scattering function is constructed. We evaluate the solution numerically for a model of a two dimensional colloidal suspension and find that the structural relaxation time decreases as $\dot{\gamma}^{-\nu}$ with an exponent $\nu \leq 1$, where $\dot{\gamma}$ is the shear rate. The results are in qualitative agreement with recent molecular dynamics simulations. We discuss the physical implications of the results.
Miyazaki Kunimasa
Reichman David R.
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