Abstract
The dynamic structure factor of the glass formers glycerol, o-terphenyl, and n-butyl-benzene has been studied by inelastic x-ray scattering across the liquid-glass transition. Data taken at selected temperatures in the $1--8{\mathrm{nm}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ momentum transfer ( $Q$) range show a propagating soundlike mode in both liquid and glass phases. The energy of this mode, studied at fixed $Q$ ( $\ensuremath{\approx}2{\mathrm{nm}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$) on a fine temperature grid, shows a cusp behavior in a region either comparable or higher than the macroscopic structural arrest temperature ${T}_{g}$. This suggests the existence of a correlation between the glass structure and the arrest taking place at the molecular scale.
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