Nonequilibrium shear viscosity computations with Langevin dynamics

Details Nonequilibrium shear viscosity computations with Langevin dynamics Nonequilibrium shear viscosity computations with Langevin dynamics

2011-06-03

arxiv.org/abs/1106.0633v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

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We study the mathematical properties of a nonequilibrium Langevin dynamics which can be used to estimate the shear viscosity of a system. More precisely, we prove a linear response result which allows to relate averages over the nonequilibrium stationary state of the system to equilibrium canonical expectations. We then write a local conservation law for the average longitudinal velocity of the fluid, and show how, under some closure approximation, the viscosity can be extracted from this profile. We finally characterize the asymptotic behavior of the velocity profile, in the limit where either the transverse or the longitudinal friction go to infinity. Some numerical illustrations of the theoretical results are also presented.

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