Hamiltonian thermostats fail to promote heat flow

DOI10.1016/J.CNSNS.2013.05.010zbMATH Open1344.80002arXiv1303.6190OpenAlexW2002216020MaRDI QIDQ312835FDOQ312835

Authors: Wm. G. Hoover, Carol G. Hoover 

Publication date: 9 September 2016

Published in: Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Hamiltonian mechanics can be used to constrain temperature simultaneously with energy. We illustrate the interesting situations that develop when two different temperatures are imposed within a composite Hamiltonian system. The model systems we treat are "phi-4" chains, with quartic tethers and quadratic nearest-neighbor Hooke's-law interactions. This model is known to satisfy Fourier's law. Our prototypical problem sandwiches a Newtonian subsystem between hot and cold Hamiltonian reservoir regions. We have characterized four different Hamiltonian reservoir types. There is no tendency for any of these two-temperature Hamiltonian simulations to transfer heat from the hot to the cold degrees of freedom. Evidently steady heat flow simulations require energy sources and sinks, and are therefore incompatible with Hamiltonian mechanics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1303.6190

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zbMATH Keywords

reversibilityHamiltonian mechanicsfractal distributionsLyapunov instability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hamilton's equations (70H05) Foundations of thermodynamics and heat transfer (80A05)

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• The ballistic heat equation for a one-dimensional harmonic crystal
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