One-Dimensional Classical Many-Body System Having a Normal Thermal Conductivity

Giulio Casati, Joseph Ford, Franco Vivaldi, and William M. Visscher
Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 1861 – Published 21 May 1984; Erratum Phys. Rev. Lett. 53, 1120 (1984)
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Abstract

By numerically computing orbits for a chaotic, one-dimensional, many-body system placed between two thermal reservoirs, we verify directly that its energy transport obeys the Fourier heat law and we determine its thermal conductivity K. The same value of K is independently obtained by use of the Green-Kubo formalism. These numerical studies verify that chaos is the essential ingredient of diffusive energy transport, and they validate the Green-Kubo formalism.

  • Received 28 March 1984

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.52.1861

©1984 American Physical Society

Erratum

One-Dimensional Classical Many-Body System Having a Normal Thermal Conductivity

Giulio Casati, Joseph Ford, Franco Vivaldi, and William M. Visscher
Phys. Rev. Lett. 53, 1120 (1984)

Authors & Affiliations

Giulio Casati

  • Istituto di Scienze Fisiche, Universitá degli Studi di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy

Joseph Ford and Franco Vivaldi

  • School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332

William M. Visscher

  • Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545

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Vol. 52, Iss. 21 — 21 May 1984

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