Effective temperatures in driven systems: static versus time-dependent relations

Phys Rev Lett. 2004 Oct 15;93(16):165702. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.165702. Epub 2004 Oct 15.

Abstract

Using simulations of glassy systems under steady-state shear, we compare effective temperatures obtained from static linear response with those from time-dependent fluctuation-dissipation relations. Although these two definitions are not expected to agree, we show that they yield the same answer over two and a half decades of effective temperature. This suggests that a more complete conceptual framework is necessary for effective temperatures in steady-state driven systems.