%0 Journal Article
%T Effective Temperature Thermodynamics and the Glass Transition: Connecting Time-Scales
%A Ido Regev
%A Xiangdong Ding
%A Turab Lookman
%J Physics
%D 2012
%I arXiv
%X We propose a theory based on simple physical arguments that describes a non equilibrium steady-state by a temperature-like parameter (an "effective temperature"). We show how one can predict the effective temperature as a function of the temperature of the environment for a specific case of non-equilibrium behavior: radiation amorphization. The main idea that we present is that the amorphization process is inherently connected to the dynamical arrest that a liquid undergoes when it transforms into a glass. We suggest that similar arguments may hold also for the effective temperature under plastic deformation.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1201.6099v1