Measurement of Effective Temperatures in an Aging Colloidal Glass

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2006-05-22

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0605541v3

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

4 pages (minor changes, accepted Phys. Rev. Lett.)

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We study the thermal fluctuations of an optically confined probe particle, suspended in an aging colloidal suspension, as the suspension transforms from a viscous liquid into an elastic glass. The micron-sized bead forms a harmonic oscillator. By monitoring the equal-time fluctuations of the tracer, at two different laser powers, we determine the temperature of the oscillator, $T_{\text{o}}$. In the ergodic liquid the temperatures of the oscillator and its environment are equal while, in contrast, in a nonequilibrium glassy phase we find that $T_{\text{o}}$ substantially exceeds the bath temperature.

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