Energy diffusion in hard-point systems

Details Energy diffusion in hard-point systems Energy diffusion in hard-point systems

2007-02-08

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0702212v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

16 pages, 15 figures

Scientific paper

10.1140/epjst/e2007-00166-y

We investigate the diffusive properties of energy fluctuations in a one-dimensional diatomic chain of hard-point particles interacting through a square--well potential. The evolution of initially localized infinitesimal and finite perturbations is numerically investigated for different density values. All cases belong to the same universality class which can be also interpreted as a Levy walk of the energy with scaling exponent 3/5. The zero-pressure limit is nevertheless exceptional in that normal diffusion is found in tangent space and yet anomalous diffusion with a different rate for perturbations of finite amplitude. The different behaviour of the two classes of perturbations is traced back to the "stable chaos" type of dynamics exhibited by this model. Finally, the effect of an additional internal degree of freedom is investigated, finding that it does not modify the overall scenario

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