Heterogeneous dynamics of coarsening systems

Mayer, P.; Bissig, Hugo; Berthier, L.; Cipelletti, Luca; Garrahan, J. P.; Sollich, P.; Trappe, Véronique

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.115701

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Heterogeneous dynamics of coarsening systems

Mayer, P. Department of Mathematics, King's College, London, United Kingdom
Bissig, Hugo Soft Condensed Matter Group, Physics Department, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Berthier, L. Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom - Laboratoire des Verres UMR 5587, Université Montpellier II and CNRS, France
Cipelletti, Luca GDPC UMR 5581, Université Montpellier II and CNRS, Montpellier, France
Garrahan, J. P. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Sollich, P. Department of Mathematics, King's College, London, United Kingdom
Trappe, Véronique Soft Condensed Matter Group, Physics Department, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

10.09.2004

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Physical Review Letters. - 2004, vol. 93, p. 11570-11573

English We show by means of experiments, theory, and simulations that the slow dynamics of coarsening systems displays dynamic heterogeneity similar to that observed in glass-forming systems. We measure dynamic heterogeneity via novel multipoint functions which quantify the emergence of dynamic, as opposed to static, correlations of fluctuations. Experiments are performed on a coarsening foam using time-resolved correlation, a recently introduced light scattering method. Theoretically we study the Ising model, and present exact results in one dimension, and numerical results in two dimensions. For all systems the same dynamic scaling of fluctuations with domain size is observed.

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Faculté des sciences et de médecine

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Département de Physique

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