Abstract
The incoherent dynamic structure factor of orthoterphenyl is studied by quasielastic neutron scattering to 240 MPa. Tagged-particle correlations in the compressed liquid decay in two steps. The -relaxation line shape is independent of pressure, and the relaxation time proportional to viscosity. A kink in the amplitude reveals the onset of relaxation. The -relaxation regime can be described by the mode-coupling scaling function; amplitudes and time scales allow a consistent determination of the critical pressure . and relaxation depend in the same way on the thermodynamic state; close to , this dependence can be parametrized by an effective coupling .
- Received 5 June 1997
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.2374
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