architecture containing two branch points a “pom-pom” captures the qualitative rheological
behavior of low density polyethylene (LDPE) in shear and extension for the first time [, J.
Rheol. 42, 82 (1998)]. We use a hypothetical melt of pom-poms with different numbers of
arms to model the behavior of LDPE. The linear relaxation spectra for various LDPE
samples are mapped to the backbone relaxation times of the pom-pom modes. Data from …