We introduce a model whose thermal conductivity diverges in dimension 1 and 2, while it remains finite in dimension 3. We consider a system of oscillators perturbed by a stochastic dynamics conserving momentum and energy. We compute thermal conductivity via Green-Kubo formula. In the harmonic case we compute the current-current time correlation function, that decay like t -d/2 in the unpinned case and like t -d/2-1 if an on-site harmonic potential is present. This implies a finite conductivity in d ≥ 3 or in pinned cases, and we compute it explicitly. For general anharmonic strictly convex interactions we prove some upper bounds for the conductivity that behave qualitatively as in the harmonic cases. © 2008 Springer-Verlag.
Thermal conductivity for a momentum conservative model / Basile, Giada; Cedric, Bernardin; Stefano, Olla. - In: COMMUNICATIONS IN MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS. - ISSN 0010-3616. - STAMPA. - 287:1(2009), pp. 67-98. [10.1007/s00220-008-0662-7]
Thermal conductivity for a momentum conservative model
BASILE, GIADA;
2009
Abstract
We introduce a model whose thermal conductivity diverges in dimension 1 and 2, while it remains finite in dimension 3. We consider a system of oscillators perturbed by a stochastic dynamics conserving momentum and energy. We compute thermal conductivity via Green-Kubo formula. In the harmonic case we compute the current-current time correlation function, that decay like t -d/2 in the unpinned case and like t -d/2-1 if an on-site harmonic potential is present. This implies a finite conductivity in d ≥ 3 or in pinned cases, and we compute it explicitly. For general anharmonic strictly convex interactions we prove some upper bounds for the conductivity that behave qualitatively as in the harmonic cases. © 2008 Springer-Verlag.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.