Thermal conductivity of the Toda lattice with conservative noise

DOI10.1007/S10955-010-9996-6MaRDI QIDQ5961854zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alessandra Iacobucci, F. Legoll, Stefano Olla, Gabriel Stoltz

Publication date 16 September 2010

Published in Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.3416

zbMATH Keywords

anomalous heat transportFourier's lawnonequilibrium systemsthermal conductivityToda lattice

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical thermodynamics (82B30)

Abstract: We study the thermal conductivity of the one dimensional Toda lattice perturbed by a stochastic dynamics preserving energy and momentum. The strength of the stochastic noise is controlled by a parameter $gamma$. We show that heat transport is anomalous, and that the thermal conductivity diverges with the length $n$ of the chain according to $kappa(n)sim{n}^{a}lpha$, with $0<alphaleq1/2$. In particular, the ballistic heat conduction of the unperturbed Toda chain is destroyed. Besides, the exponent $alpha$ of the divergence depends on $gamma$.

Review text

The authors consider a linear chain of mass points; adjacent points interact by a pair potential where their (deterministic) dynamics is disturbed by a stochastic momentum exchange. The resulting stochastic dynamics is energy and momentum preserving. The phenomenon of energy (heat) transport through the chain is analyzed by simulation experiments. Since the Hamiltonian current can be sampled during the experiment, estimates of thermal conductivity of the chain can be assessed. The dependence of the thermal conductivity on the length of the chain is studied. The outcomes of the simulation experiments suggest a super-diffusive heat flow through the chain for the case of the considered stochastic dynamics. In particular, the exponent of divergence of the thermal conductivity performs a different behavior than for the case of harmonic interaction potential and depends on the intensity of the stochastic disturbance. The paper is clearly written and essentially self-contained. The reader would, however, appreciate some more comments on the physical plausibility of the considered dynamics in the context of modeling carbon nano-tubes.

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