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Diffusion in ordinary and supercooled liquids

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Il Nuovo Cimento D

Summary

We discuss a simplified approach for the recollision part of the memory function for self-motion in ordinary and supercooled liquids. This part accounts for the substantial decrease of the diffusion coefficient with respect to the binary prediction, an effect which becomes larger and larger on cooling the system. The quantitative results compare satisfactorily with previous and new simulation data obtained for a liquid rubidium model both near the triple point and in moderately supercooled states.

Riassunto

Si presenta una teoria semplificata per il contributo delle collisioni ripetute alla funzione di memoria per il moto di singola particella nei liquidi ordinari e debolemente sottoraffreddati. Tale contributo spiega la forte dinminuzione del coefficiente di diffusione rispetto a quanto predetto da una teoria basata su collisioni binarie; tale effetto diventa sempre più grande raffreddando il sistema. I risultati si confrontano in modo quantitativamente soddisfacente con i valori ottenuti con simulazione (precedenti e nuove) per il rubidio liquido, sia vicino al punto triplo che in uno stato sottoraffreddato.

Резюме

Мы обсуждаем упрощенный подход к части рестолкновения для функции памяти для собственного движения в обыкновенных и переохлажденных жидкостях. Эта часть объясняет эффект существенного уменьшения коэффициента диффузии по сравнению с бинарным предсказанием. Этот зффект становится больше и бльше при охлаждении системы. Количественные результаты удовлетворительно согласуются с предыдущими и новыми данными моделирования, которые были получены для модели жидкого рубидия вблизи тройной точки и в умеренно переохлажденных состояниях.

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Balucani, U., Vallauri, R. & Gaskell, T. Diffusion in ordinary and supercooled liquids. Il Nuovo Cimento D 12, 511–519 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02453308

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