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The van Hove distribution function for Brownian hard spheres: Dynamical test particle theory and computer simulations for bulk dynamics.
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posted on 2017-08-14, 13:57 authored by Paul Hopkins, Andrea Fortini, Andrew ArcherAndrew Archer, Matthias SchmidtWe describe a test particle approach based on dynamical density functional theory (DDFT) for studying the correlated time evolution of the particles that constitute a fluid. Our theory provides a means of calculating the van Hove distribution function by treating its self and distinct parts as the two components of a binary fluid mixture, with the “self ” component having only one particle, the “distinct”
component consisting of all the other particles, and using DDFT to calculate the time evolution of the density profiles for the two components.We apply this approach to a bulk fluid of Brownian hard spheres and compare to results for the van Hove function and the intermediate scattering function from Brownian dynamics computer simulations. We find good agreement at low and intermediate densities using the very simple Ramakrishnan–Yussouff [Phys. Rev. B 19, 2775 (1979)] approximation
for the excess free energy functional. Since the DDFT is based on the equilibrium Helmholtz
free energy functional, we can probe a free energy landscape that underlies the dynamics. Within the mean-field approximation we find that as the particle density increases, this landscape develops a minimum, while an exact treatment of a model confined situation shows that for an ergodic fluid this landscape should be monotonic. We discuss possible implications for slow, glassy, and arrested dynamics at high densities.
Funding
P.H. thanks the EPSRC for funding under Grant EP/E065619/1 and A.J.A. gratefully acknowledges financial support from RCUK M.S. and A.F. thank the DFG for support via SFB840/A3.
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HOPKINS, P. ...et al., 2010. The van Hove distribution function for Brownian hard spheres: Dynamical test particle theory and computer simulations for bulk dynamics. Journal of Chemical Physics , 133: 224505.Publisher
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