Fourier's law based on microscopic dynamics
Statistical Mechanics
2019-09-24 v1
Abstract
While Fourier's law is empirically confirmed for many substances and over an extremely wide range of thermodynamic parameters, a convincing microscopic derivation still poses difficulties. With current machines the solution of Newton's equations of motion can be obtained with high precision and for a reasonably large number of particles. For simplified model systems one thereby arrives at a deeper understanding of the microscopic basis for Fourier's law. We report on recent, and not so recent, advances.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1909.09835,
title = {Fourier's law based on microscopic dynamics},
author = {Abhishek Dhar and Herbert Spohn},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.09835},
year = {2019}
}
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15 pages, 6 figures