Centroid molecular dynamics approach to the transport properties of liquid para-hydrogen over the wide temperature range.

Fundamental transport properties of liquid para-hydrogen (p-H2), i.e., diffusion coefficients, thermal conductivity, shear viscosity, and bulk viscosity, have been evaluated by means of the path integral centroid molecular dynamics (CMD) calculations. These transport properties have been obtained over the wide temperature range, 14–32 K. Calculated values of the diffusion coefficients and the shear viscosity are in good agreement with the experimental values at all the investigated temperatures. Although a relatively large deviation is found for the thermal conductivity, the calculated values are less than three times the amount of the experimental values at any temperature. On the other hand, the classical molecular dynamics has led all the transport properties to much larger deviation. For the bulk viscosity of liquid p-H2, which was never known from experiments, the present CMD has given a clear temperature dependence. In addition, from the comparison based on the principle of corresponding states, it has been shown that the marked deviation of the transport properties of liquid p-H2 from the feature which is expected from the molecular parameters is due to the quantum effect. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]