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Time auto-correlation function and Green-Kubo formula: A study on disordered harmonic chain

Statistical Mechanics 2014-02-19 v2

Abstract

We have considered heat conduction in a one-dimensional mass disordered harmonic chain of NN particles connected to two Langevin type reservoirs at different temperatures. An exact expression for the boundary heat current-current auto-correlation function in the non-equilibrium steady state (NESS) is obtained in terms of non-equilibrium phonon Green's functions. The time integral of the correlation function gives expected result, both in non-equilibrium as well as equilibrium cases. Using the form of this correlation function we show that asymptotic system size dependence of current fluctuation in NESS for a mass disordered harmonic chain is NαN^{-\alpha} for different boundary conditions. For free and fixed boundary conditions we get α=1/2\alpha=1/2 and 3/2 respectively, while for pinned case the fluctuation decays exponentially with system size.

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@article{arxiv.1009.0366,
  title  = {Time auto-correlation function and Green-Kubo formula: A study on disordered harmonic chain},
  author = {Anupam Kundu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.0366},
  year   = {2014}
}
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