A Mechanical Model for Fourier's Law of Heat Conduction

作者:Ruelle David*
来源:Communications in Mathematical Physics, 2012, 311(3): 755-768.
DOI:10.1007/s00220-011-1304-z

摘要

Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics close to equilibrium is a physically satisfactory theory centered on the linear response formula of Green-Kubo. This formula results from a formal first order perturbation calculation without rigorous justification. A rigorous derivation of Fourier's law for heat conduction from the laws of mechanics remains thus a major unsolved problem. In this note we present a deterministic mechanical model of a heat-conducting chain with nontrivial interactions, where kinetic energy fluctuations at the nodes of the chain are removed. In this model the derivation of Fourier's law can proceed rigorously.

  • 出版日期2012-5