Rheological quantities
Storage modulus	G′
Loss modulus	G″
Phase angle	δ
Complex viscosity function	|η*|(ω)
zero shear-rate viscosity	η0
Magnitude of the complex modulus	|G*|
Angular frequency	ω
Relaxation strength	H
Relaxation time	τ
Hencky strain rate	$\dot{ϵ}$
crossover frequency	ωc (ω of G′=G″)
temperature dependence according to Williams-Landel-Ferry’s law (based on free volume and not on potential barrier)	WLF-temperature dependence
shift factor	aT
Arrhenius activation energy	Ea
Activation energy spectrum determined from shifting δ(ω)	Ea(δ)
Activation energy spectrum determined from shifting G’(ω)	Ea(G′)
Activation energy spectrum determined from shifting G”(ω)	Ea(G″)
Maximum activation energy, determined from Ea(δ)	Ea,max
Phase angle at which Ea,max is found	δmax
Critical phase angle according to definition of Trinkle et al. [73]	δc
Slope of phase angle	dδ/dlogω
Material with an LCB-mPE-like thermorheologically complex behavior [62]	LCB-mPE-like behavior (BL), BL-material
Material with an LDPE-like thermorheologically complex behavior [62]	LDPE-like behavior (BH), BH-material
Material with a comb-PE-like thermorheologically complex behavior [62]	comb-PE -like behavior (BC), BC-material
Molecular quantities
number-average molar mass	Mn
weight-average molar mass	Mw
z-average molar mass	Mz
Polydispersity index	Mw/Mn
molar mass distribution	MMD
long-chain branches	LCBs
Material types
long-chain branched metallocene catalyzed polyethylene	LCB-mPE
long-chain branched metallocene catalyzed high densitypolyethylene	LCB-mHDPE
long-chain branched metallocene catalyzed linear low densitypolyethylene	LCB-mLLDPE
low-density polyethylene	LDPE
linear low density Ziegler-Natta polyethylene	ZN-LLDPE
high density Ziegler-Natta polyethylene	ZN-HDPE
Miscellaneous
Logarithm (base 10)	log
Weight %	wt.%