Studies In Molecular Dynamics Of The Friction Coefficient And The Lorentz Gas PDF Download

The thesis consists of three hard-sphere molecular dynamics studies. The first describes a modification of Fick's diffusion law, required whenever long-time correlations are present. The second study concerns the mass and size dependence of the friction coefficient as well as its dependence on boundary conditions. The study presents a molecular dynamics method which calculates the infinite-mass friction coefficient of finite size hard-sphere particles. The third study presents the applicability of hydrodynamics to describe fluctuations in fluids on the molecular level. This study shows that the fluctuations present in a system of hard spheres when placed between closely spaced parallel hard walls lead to an acoustical resonance for those wavelengths which correspond to the spacing, or integer fractions thereof.