Mesoscopic simulation of Brownian particles confined in harmonic traps and sheared fluids



Título del documento: Mesoscopic simulation of Brownian particles confined in harmonic traps and sheared fluids
Revista: Revista mexicana de física
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000381296
ISSN: 0035-001X
Autors: 1
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Institucions: 1Universidad La Salle, Facultad de Ingeniería, México, Distrito Federal. México
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Període: Ene-Feb
Volum: 61
Número: 1
Paginació: 1-13
País: México
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, teórico
Resumen en inglés We consider the motion of a Brownian particle bound by a harmonic force in a thermal bath driven from equilibrium by a uniform shear imposed externally. We extend the classical theory of Brownian motion to calculate the probability distribution function for finding the Brownian particle in a phase-space volume element when it is in the presence of the external shear. We find the explicit form of the reduced distribution for velocities in the stationary limit and show that it becomes anisotropic by extending itself over the direction of the imposed shear. We also consider the effects of the imposed shear on the time correlation functions of the Brownian particle and show that these quantities acquire contributions depending exclusively on the nonequilibrium state of the solvent, which render them non symmetric and time-irreversible. In order to verify these conclusions we develop a hybrid mesoscopic simulation technique based on Molecular Dynamics and Multi-particle Collision Dynamics. We observe a very good agreement between the predictions of the model and the results obtained independently from the simulation method, thus suggesting that the latter could be used as a complement to current experimental procedures
Disciplines Física y astronomía
Paraules clau: Física,
Movimiento browniano,
Mecánica estadística fuera de equilibrio,
Dinámica molecular,
Dinámica de colisión múltiple de partículas
Keyword: Physics and astronomy,
Physics,
Brownian motion,
Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics,
Molecular dynamics,
Multi-particle collision dynamics
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