Universality of the dynamic crossover in glass-forming liquids: a "magic" relaxation time

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2003 Mar;67(3 Pt 1):031507. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.67.031507. Epub 2003 Mar 28.

Abstract

Analysis of experimental data on the structural relaxation time tau(alpha) in various glass formers revealed its universality at the critical temperature T(c) of the mode-coupling theory. In most glass formers studied ln tau(alpha)(T(c))=-(6.5-7.5). Possible reasons for such a universality are discussed.