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We report on the computation of full Lyapunov spectra of the boundary-driven Chernov–Lebowitz model for stationary planar shear flow. The Lyapunov exponents are calculated with a recently developed formalism for systems with elastic hard collisions. Although the Chernov–Lebowitz model is strictly energy conserving, any phase-space volume is subjected to a contraction due to the reflection rules of the hard disks colliding with the walls. Consequently, the sum of Lyapunov exponents is negative. As expected for an inhomogeneously driven system, the Lyapunov spectra do not obey the conjugate pairing rule. The external driving makes the system less chaotic, which is reflected in a decrease of the Kolmogorov–Sinai entropy if the driving is increased.
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Dellago, C., Posch, H.A. Lyapunov Instability of the Boundary-Driven Chernov–Lebowitz Model for Stationary Shear Flow. Journal of Statistical Physics 88, 825–842 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOSS.0000015174.26700.7e
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