Statistical mechanics of a chiral active fluid
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| author | Han, Ming Fruchart, Michel Scheibner, Colin Vaikuntanathan, Suriyanarayanan Irvine, William de Pablo, Juan Vitelli, Vincenzo |
| author_facet | Han, Ming Fruchart, Michel Scheibner, Colin Vaikuntanathan, Suriyanarayanan Irvine, William de Pablo, Juan Vitelli, Vincenzo |
| contents | Statistical mechanics provides the foundation for describing complex materials using only a few thermodynamic variables. No such framework currently exists far from equilibrium. In this Letter, we demonstrate how thermodynamics emerges far from equilibrium, using fluids composed of active spinners as a case study. Activity gives rise to a single effective temperature that parameterizes both the equation of state and the emergent Boltzmann statistics. The same effective temperature, renormalized by velocity correlations, controls the linear response through canonical Green-Kubo relations for both the familiar shear viscosity and the odd (or Hall) viscosity observed in chiral fluids. The full frequency dependence of these viscosities can be derived analytically by modeling the active-spinner fluid as a random walker undergoing cyclotron motion in shear-stress space. More generally, we provide a first-principles derivation of the Green-Kubo relations valid for a broader class of fluids far from equilibrium. Besides advancing non-equilibrium thermodynamics, our work demonstrates in silico a non-invasive microrheology of active fluids. |
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| spellingShingle | Statistical mechanics of a chiral active fluid Han, Ming Fruchart, Michel Scheibner, Colin Vaikuntanathan, Suriyanarayanan Irvine, William de Pablo, Juan Vitelli, Vincenzo Soft Condensed Matter Statistical Mechanics Statistical mechanics provides the foundation for describing complex materials using only a few thermodynamic variables. No such framework currently exists far from equilibrium. In this Letter, we demonstrate how thermodynamics emerges far from equilibrium, using fluids composed of active spinners as a case study. Activity gives rise to a single effective temperature that parameterizes both the equation of state and the emergent Boltzmann statistics. The same effective temperature, renormalized by velocity correlations, controls the linear response through canonical Green-Kubo relations for both the familiar shear viscosity and the odd (or Hall) viscosity observed in chiral fluids. The full frequency dependence of these viscosities can be derived analytically by modeling the active-spinner fluid as a random walker undergoing cyclotron motion in shear-stress space. More generally, we provide a first-principles derivation of the Green-Kubo relations valid for a broader class of fluids far from equilibrium. Besides advancing non-equilibrium thermodynamics, our work demonstrates in silico a non-invasive microrheology of active fluids. |
| title | Statistical mechanics of a chiral active fluid |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter Statistical Mechanics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.07679 |