Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2008-09-23
J. Stat. Mech. (2008) P11021
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
19 pages, 5 figures, to appear in Journal of Statistical Mechanics (JSTAT)
Scientific paper
10.1088/1742-5468/2008/11/P11021
We present a detailed derivation of Fourier's law in a class of stochastic energy exchange systems that naturally characterize two-dimensional mechanical systems of locally confined particles in interaction. The stochastic systems consist of an array of energy variables which can be partially exchanged among nearest neighbours at variable rates. We provide two independent derivations of the thermal conductivity and prove this quantity is identical to the frequency of energy exchanges. The first derivation relies on the diffusion of the Helfand moment, which is determined solely by static averages. The second approach relies on a gradient expansion of the probability measure around a non-equilibrium stationary state. The linear part of the heat current is determined by local thermal equilibrium distributions which solve a Boltzmann-like equation. A numerical scheme is presented with computations of the conductivity along our two methods. The results are in excellent agreement with our theory.
Gaspard Pierre
Gilbert Thomas
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