title: Effective temperature dynamics in an athermal amorphous plasticity theory.
abstract: Recent developments in the theory of amorphous plasticity point to the central role played by the concept of an effective disorder temperature T_{eff} . An athermal dynamics for T_{eff} is proposed in the framework of a deformation theory and discussed in light of recent steady-state simulations by Haxton and Liu [T. K. Haxton and A. J. Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 195701 (2007)]. The structure of the resulting theory, its parameters and transient dynamics are discussed and compared to available data.
authors.affiliation: Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
authors.forename: Eran
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bouchbinder