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Small perturbation of a disordered harmonic chain by a noise and an anharmonic potential

Mathematical Physics 2013-10-08 v2 math.MP

Abstract

We study the thermal properties of a pinned disordered harmonic chain weakly perturbed by a noise and an anharmonic potential. The noise is controlled by a parameter λ0\lambda \rightarrow 0, and the anharmonicity by a parameter λλ\lambda' \le \lambda. Let κ\kappa be the conductivity of the chain, defined through the Green-Kubo formula. Under suitable hypotheses, we show that κ=O(λ)\kappa = \mathcal O (\lambda) and, in the absence of anharmonic potential, that κλ\kappa \sim \lambda. This is in sharp contrast with the ordered chain for which κ1/λ\kappa \sim 1/\lambda, and so shows the persitence of localization effects for a non-integrable dynamics.

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@article{arxiv.1111.6383,
  title  = {Small perturbation of a disordered harmonic chain by a noise and an anharmonic potential},
  author = {Cédric Bernardin and François Huveneers},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.6383},
  year   = {2013}
}