Long-time behavior of the angular velocity autocorrelation function for a fluid of rough spheres

G. Subramanian, David G Levitt, H. T. Davis

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Abstract

According to hydrodynamical and mode-coupling theories, the angular velocity autocorrelation function decays at long times as ν0(t/10-14 sec)-5/2. For rough spheres under the conditions reported here, the quantity ν0 is predicted to be 262. The molecular dynamics studies presented here yield a long-time tail of the form 230(t/10-14 sec)-2.38. The disagreement between theory and computer results probably arises from statistical error intrinsic to the computations.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1-6
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Statistical Physics
Volume15
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1976

Keywords

  • Molecular dynamics
  • angular velocity autocorrelation function
  • computer simulation
  • long-time behavior
  • rough sphere model fluid

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