Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2002-04-11
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
RevTeX, 4 pages, including 7 figures
Scientific paper
Heat conduction in 1-dimensional anharmonic systems is anomalous in the sense that the conductivity \kappa scales with a positive power of the system size, \kappa ~ L^\alpha. In two dimensions, previous simulations and theoretical arguments gave a logarithmic divergence. For rectangular systems of size L_\| x L_\perp there should be a cross-over from the 2-d to the 1-d behaviour as the aspect ratio r = L_\| / L_\perp increases from r=1 to r >> 1. When taking periodic boundary conditions in the transverse direction, this should be of direct relevance for the heat conduction in single-walled carbon nanotubes. In particular, one expects that k nanotubes of diameter R should conduct heat better than a single nanotube of the same length and of radius kR. We study this cross-over numerically by simulating the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam model. Apart from giving a precise estimate of the exponent \alpha, our most intriguing results are that the divergence does not seem to be logarithmic in d=2 but also power-like, and that the cross-over does not happen at a fixed aspect ratio. Instead, it happens at r=r^* with r^* -> \infty for L -> \infty.
Grassberger Peter
Yang Lantian
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