What is liquid? Lyapunov instability reveals symmetry-breaking irreversibilities hidden within Hamilton's many-body equations of motion

• Veröffentlicht in: Condensed Matter Physics
• Datum: 2015
• Hauptverfasser: Hoover, Wm.G., Hoover, C.G.
• Format: Artikel
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlicht: Інститут фізики конденсованих систем НАН України 2015
• Online Zugang: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/153582
• Назва журналу: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Zitieren: What is liquid? Lyapunov instability reveals symmetry-breaking irreversibilities hidden within Hamilton's many-body equations of motion / Wm.G. Hoover, C.G. Hoover // Condensed Matter Physics. — 2015. — Т. 18, № 1. — С. 13003:1-13. — Бібліогр.: 22 назв. — англ.

Typical Hamiltonian liquids display exponential "Lyapunov instability", also called "sensitive dependence on initial conditions". Although Hamilton's equations are thoroughly time-reversible, the forward and backward Lyapunov instabilities can differ, qualitatively. In numer...