Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2006-12-15
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
A formal derivation of linear hydrodynamics for a granular fluid is given. The linear response to small spatial perturbations of the homogeneous reference state is studied in detail using methods of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics. A transport matrix for macroscopic excitations in the fluid is defined in terms of the response functions. An expansion in the wavevector to second order allows identification of all phenomenological susceptibilities and transport coefficients through Navier-Stokes order, in terms of appropriate time correlation functions. The transport coefficients in this representation are the generalization to granular fluids of the familiar Helfand and Green-Kubo relations for normal fluids. The analysis applies to a wide range of collision rules. Important differences in both the analysis and results from those for normal fluids are identified and discussed. A scaling limit is described corresponding to the conditions under which idealized inelastic hard sphere models can apply. Further details and interpretation are provided in the paper following this one, by specialization to the case of smooth, inelastic hard spheres with constant coefficient of restitution.
Baskaran Aparna
Brey Javier J.
Dufty James W.
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