title: When gel and glass meet: a mechanism for multistep relaxation.
abstract: We use computer simulations to study the dynamics of a physical gel at high densities where gelation and the glass transition interfere. We report and provide detailed physical understanding of complex relaxation patterns for time-correlation functions which generically decay in a three-step process. For certain combinations of parameters we find logarithmic decays of the correlators and subdiffusive particle motion.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire PMCN, Université Lyon 1, UMR CNRS 5586, Université de Lyon, 69622 Villeurbanne, France.
authors.forename: Pinaki
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chaudhuri
authors.forename: Ludovic
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Berthier
authors.forename: Pablo I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Hurtado
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kob