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Fluctuating hydrodynamics approach to equilibrium time correlations for anharmonic chains

Statistical Mechanics 2016-01-05 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Linear fluctuating hydrodynamics is a useful and versatile tool for describing fluids, as well as other systems with conserved fields, on a mesoscopic scale. In one spatial dimension, however, transport is anomalous, which requires to develop a nonlinear extension of fluctuating hydrodynamics. The relevant nonlinearity turns out to be the quadratic part of the Euler currents when expanding relative to a uniform background. We outline the theory and compare with recent molecular dynamics simulations.

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@article{arxiv.1505.05987,
  title  = {Fluctuating hydrodynamics approach to equilibrium time correlations for anharmonic chains},
  author = {Herbert Spohn},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.05987},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

50 pages, 7 figures, review, to appear in the Springer Lecture Notes in Physics volume "Thermal transport in low dimensions: from statistical physics to nanoscale heat transfer" (S. Lepri ed.)

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