We perform an extensive numerical study of avalanche behavior in a 2D LJ glass at T=0, sheared at finite strain rates $\dot\gamma$. From the finite size analysis of stress fluctuations and of transverse diffusion we show that flip-flip correlations remain relevant at all realistic strain rates. We predict that the avalanche size scales as $\dot\gamma^{ -1/d}$, with $d$ the space dimension.

Categories: cond-mat.mtrl-sci cond-mat.dis-nn cond-mat.stat-mech

Rate-Dependent Avalanche Size in Athermally Sheared Amorphous Solids