Figure 1: Stress–strain response, atomic strain and sign of rotation in CuZr MGs during athermal quasistatic shearing. (a) Stress–strain curve together with the evolution of the rotation field (in degrees). (b) A representative STZ in the elastic regime (highlighted by a dashed square in (a) is analyzed in detail using the atomic strain and (c), the sign of the rotation angle. The atomic strain around the elastic events show a quadrupolar distribution. The rotation field generated by the complex strain distribution around the STZ shows also a quadrupolar-like shape. For a better visualization atoms of low strain/rotation have been removed (middle panels). A 3-dimensional representation of this elastic event is presented in the right-hand side panels.