Frequency Dispersion of Sound Propagation in Rouse Polymer Melts via Generalized Dynamic Random Phase Approximation

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2003-04-27

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0304611v1

Eur. Phys. J. E11, 349-365 (2003)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

37 pages, 2 appendices, 48 references, 1 figure

Scientific paper

10.1140/epje/i2003-10022-x

An extended generalization of the dynamic random phase approximation (DRPA) for L-component polymer systems is presented. Unlike the original version of the DRPA, which relates the (LxL) matrices of the collective density-density time correlation fumctions and the corresponding susceptibilities of polymer concentrated systems to those of the tracer macromolecules and so-called broken links system (BLS), our generalized DRPA solves this problem for (5xL)x(5xL) matrices of the coupled susceptibilities and time correlation functions of the component number, kinetic energy and flux densities. The presented technique is used to study propagation of sound and dynamic form-factor in disentangled (Rouse) monodisperse homopolymer melt. The calculated sound velocity and absorption coefficient reveal substantial frequency dispersion. The relaxation time is found to be N times less than the Rouse time (N is the degree of polymerization), which evidences strong dynamic screening because of interchain interaction. We discuss also some peculiarities of the Brillouin scattering in polymer melts. Besides, a new convenient expression for the dynamic structural function of the Rouse chain in (q,p)-representation is found.

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