Velocity autocorrelation function of a Brownian particle |
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Authors: | D. Chakraborty |
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Affiliation: | (1) Departament de Física Fonamental, Universitat de Barcelona, C. Martí i Franqués, 1, 08028-Barcelona, Spain, |
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Abstract: | In this article, we present molecular dynamics study of the velocity autocorrelation function (VACF) of a Brownian particle. We compare the results of the simulation with the exact analytic predictions for a compressible fluid from [T.S. Chow, J.J. Hermans, Physica 65, 156 (1973)] and an approximate result combining the predictions from hydrodynamics at short and long times. The physical quantities which determine the decay were determined from separate bulk simulations of the Lennard-Jones fluid at the same thermodynamic state point. We observe that the long-time regime of the VACF compares well the predictions from the macroscopic hydrodynamics, but the intermediate decay is sensitive to the viscoelastic nature of the solvent. |
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