Nonintegrability and the Fourier heat conduction law

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2014 Sep;90(3):032134. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.90.032134. Epub 2014 Sep 24.

Abstract

We study in momentum-conserving systems, how nonintegrable dynamics may affect thermal transport properties. As illustrating examples, two one-dimensional (1D) diatomic chains, representing 1D fluids and lattices, respectively, are numerically investigated. In both models, the two species of atoms are assigned two different masses and are arranged alternatively. The systems are nonintegrable unless the mass ratio is one. We find that when the mass ratio is slightly different from one, the heat conductivity may keep significantly unchanged over a certain range of the system size and as the mass ratio tends to one, this range may expand rapidly. These results establish a new connection between the macroscopic thermal transport properties and the underlying dynamics.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Fourier Analysis*
  • Gases
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Thermal Conductivity*

Substances

  • Gases