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Frequency-Dependent Friction Constant Analysis of Diffusion in Simple Liquids

Paul C. Martin

Sidney Yip

  • Lyman Laboratory of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

  • Department of Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Phys. Rev. 170, 151 – Published 5 June, 1968

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.170.151

Abstract

A simple discussion of the self-diffusion motions of an atom in a simple liquid is given. The discussion, based mainly on fluctuation-dissipation theorems, dispersion relations, and sum rules, provides a rigorous framework in which a number of phenomenological descriptions are examined. Specific results for liquid argon are compared with computer molecular dynamics calculations. It is shown that the use of simple frequency-dependent friction constants leads to reasonable calculations of the velocity autocorrelation function and of the self-diffusion coefficient.

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