Abstract
While Fourier's law is empirically confirmed for many substances and over an extremely wide range of thermodynamic parameters, a convincing microscopic derivation still poses difficulties. With current machines, the solution to Newton's equations of motion can be obtained with high precision and for a reasonably large number of particles. For simplified model systems, one thereby arrives at a deeper understanding of the microscopic basis for Fourier's law. We report on recent, and not so recent, advances.
Translated title of the contribution | Fourier's law based on microscopic dynamics |
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Original language | English |
Pages (from-to) | 393-401 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Comptes Rendus Physique |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jul 2019 |
Keywords
- Fourier's law
- Green–Kubo formula
- Molecular dynamics simulations