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1Singapore-MIT Alliance and Department of Computational Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Republic of Singapore.
Abstract:
We study heat conduction in a 1D chain of particles with longitudinal as well as transverse motions. The particles are connected by 2D harmonic springs together with bending angle interactions. The problem is analyzed by mode-coupling theory and compared with molecular dynamics. We find very good, quantitative agreement for the damping of modes between a full mode-coupling theory and molecular dynamics result, and a simplified mode-coupling theory gives qualitative description of the damping. The theories predict generically that thermal conductance diverges as N(1/3) as the size N increases for systems terminated with heat baths at the ends. The N(2/5) dependence is also observed in molecular dynamics, which we attribute to crossover effect.
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