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Anomalous transport and relaxation in classical one-dimensional models

Authors :
Basile, G.
Delfini, L.
Lepri, S.
Livi, R.
Olla, S.
Politi, A.
Source :
Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics. vol. 151 pag. 85-93 (2007)
Publication Year :
2008

Abstract

After reviewing the main features of anomalous energy transport in 1D systems, we report simulations performed with chains of noisy anharmonic oscillators. The stochastic terms are added in such a way to conserve total energy and momentum, thus keeping the basic hydrodynamic features of these models. The addition of this "conservative noise" allows to obtain a more efficient estimate of the power-law divergence of heat conductivity kappa(L) ~ L^alpha in the limit of small noise and large system size L. By comparing the numerical results with rigorous predictions obtained for the harmonic chain, we show how finite--size and --time effects can be effectively controlled. For low noise amplitudes, the alpha values are close to 1/3 for asymmetric potentials and to 0.4 for symmetric ones. These results support the previously conjectured two-universality-classes scenario.

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics. vol. 151 pag. 85-93 (2007)
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.0801.3789
Document Type :
Working Paper