Slow dynamics by molecular dynamics

Berni J. Alder

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2002, vol. 315, issue 1, 1-4

Abstract: We learned early in the computer study of the H-function with particle dynamics that the velocity distribution reaches a local equilibrium (Maxwellian) distribution fast, within a few mean collision times, but that the subsequent structural rearrangement of the particles can be quite slow, particularly if a highly correlated event of many degrees of freedom is involved. During that process potential energy is slowly converted into kinetic energy to reach overall equilibrium.

Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(02)01220-7

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