Thermalization of two- and three-dimensional classical lattices

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Autori principali: Wang, Zhen, Fu, Weicheng, Zhang, Yong, Zhao, Hong
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author Wang, Zhen
Fu, Weicheng
Zhang, Yong
Zhao, Hong
author_facet Wang, Zhen
Fu, Weicheng
Zhang, Yong
Zhao, Hong
contents Whether and how a system reaches thermalization is a fundamental issue of statistical physics. While for one-dimensional lattices this issue has been intensively studied in terms of energy equipartition for more than half a century, few work has been performed in the case of two- and three-dimensional lattices, and thus the thermalization dynamics remains unclear for more realistic lattices. In this Letter we investigate analytically and numerically the time-scaling of energy relaxation in these lattices. We show that the equipartition of energy is generally reached following a universal scheme for large enough lattices, regardless of its dimensionality, its specific lattice structure, and whether the system is translation invariant or not. Our results have practical significance in exploring the effect of high-order nonlinearities, i.e., the combining effect of multi-phonon process, in solid materials.
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spellingShingle Thermalization of two- and three-dimensional classical lattices
Wang, Zhen
Fu, Weicheng
Zhang, Yong
Zhao, Hong
Statistical Mechanics
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Chaotic Dynamics
Whether and how a system reaches thermalization is a fundamental issue of statistical physics. While for one-dimensional lattices this issue has been intensively studied in terms of energy equipartition for more than half a century, few work has been performed in the case of two- and three-dimensional lattices, and thus the thermalization dynamics remains unclear for more realistic lattices. In this Letter we investigate analytically and numerically the time-scaling of energy relaxation in these lattices. We show that the equipartition of energy is generally reached following a universal scheme for large enough lattices, regardless of its dimensionality, its specific lattice structure, and whether the system is translation invariant or not. Our results have practical significance in exploring the effect of high-order nonlinearities, i.e., the combining effect of multi-phonon process, in solid materials.
title Thermalization of two- and three-dimensional classical lattices
topic Statistical Mechanics
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Chaotic Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.03478