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Vibrational model of thermal conduction for fluids with soft interactions

Soft Condensed Matter 2021-01-13 v1 Materials Science Chemical Physics Fluid Dynamics Plasma Physics

Abstract

A vibrational model of heat transfer in simple liquids with soft pairwise interatomic interactions is discussed. A general expression is derived, which involves an averaging over the liquid collective mode excitation spectrum. The model is applied to quantify heat transfer in a dense Lennard-Jones liquid and a strongly coupled one-component plasma. Remarkable agreement with the available numerical results is documented. A similar picture does not apply to the momentum transfer and shear viscosity of liquids.

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@article{arxiv.2101.04462,
  title  = {Vibrational model of thermal conduction for fluids with soft interactions},
  author = {S. A. Khrapak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.04462},
  year   = {2021}
}

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8 pages, 5 figures

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