Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2007-12-21
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
We present an analytical study of the time dependent diffusion coefficient in a dilute suspension of spheres with partially absorbing boundary condition. Following Kirkpatrick (J. Chem. Phys. 76, 4255) we obtain a perturbative expansion for the time dependent particle density using volume fraction $f$ of spheres as an expansion parameter. The exact single particle $t$-operator for partially absorbing boundary condition is used to obtain a closed form time-dependent diffusion coefficient $D(t)$ accurate to first order in the volume fraction $f$. Short and long time limits of $D(t)$ are checked against the known short-time results for partially or fully absorbing boundary conditions and long-time results for reflecting boundary conditions. For fully absorbing boundary condition the long time diffusion coefficient is found to be $D(t)=5 a^2/(12 f D_{0} t) +O((D_0t/a^2)^{-2})$, to the first order of perturbation theory. Here $f$ is small but non-zero, $D_0$ the diffusion coefficient in the absence of spheres, and $a$ the radius of the spheres. The validity of this perturbative result is discussed.
Qian Jiang
Sen Pabitra N.
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