Isotropic finite-difference discretization of stochastic conservation laws preserving detailed balance

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/AA8C35zbMATH Open1457.82135arXiv1705.10828OpenAlexW3172403878MaRDI QIDQ3302860FDOQ3302860

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Publication date: 11 August 2020

Published in: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The dynamics of thermally fluctuating conserved order parameters are described by stochastic conservation laws. Thermal equilibrium in such systems requires the dissipative and stochastic components of the flux to be related by detailed balance. Preserving this relation in spatial and temporal discretization is necessary to obtain solutions that have fidelity to the continuum. Here, we propose a finite-difference discretization that preserves detailed balance on the lattice, has spatial error that is isotropic to leading order in lattice spacing, and can be integrated accurately in time using a delayed difference method. We benchmark the method for model B dynamics with a $ph{i}^4$ Landau free energy and obtain excellent agreement with analytical results.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.10828

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical thermodynamics (82B30)

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