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Hydrodynamic limit for a disordered harmonic chain

Probability 2019-01-08 v2 Statistical Mechanics Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We consider a one-dimensional unpinned chain of harmonic oscillators with random masses. We prove that after hyperbolic scaling of space and time the distributions of the elongation, momentum and energy converge to the solution of the Euler equations. Anderson localization decouples the mechanical modes from the thermal modes, allowing the closure of the energy conservation equation even out of thermal equilibrium. This example shows that the derivation of Euler equations rests primarily on scales separation and not on ergodicity. Furthermore, it follows from our proof that the temperature profile does not evolve in any space-time scale.

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@article{arxiv.1710.08848,
  title  = {Hydrodynamic limit for a disordered harmonic chain},
  author = {Cédric Bernardin and François Huveneers and Stefano Olla},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.08848},
  year   = {2019}
}

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20 pages

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