Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2008-01-15
Phys. Rev. E 77, 051127 (2008)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
22 pages
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.77.051127
We study the non-equilibrium statistical mechanics of a system of freely moving particles, in which binary encounters lead either to an elastic collision or to the disappearance of the pair. Such a system of {\em ballistic annihilation} therefore constantly looses particles. The dynamics of perturbations around the free decay regime is investigated from the spectral properties of the linearized Boltzmann operator, that characterize linear excitations on all time scales. The linearized Boltzmann equation is solved in the hydrodynamic limit by a projection technique, which yields the evolution equations for the relevant coarse-grained fields and expressions for the transport coefficients. We finally present the results of Molecular Dynamics simulations that validate the theoretical predictions.
Barrat Alain
de Soria I. Garcia M.
Maynar P.
Schehr Gregory
Trizac Emmanuel
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