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Akira Yoshimori

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Hydrodynamic Equations for a system with translational and rotational dynamics

We obtain the equations of fluctuating hydrodynamics for many-particle systems whose microscopic units have both translational and rotational motion. The orientational dynamics of each element are studied in terms of the rotational Brownian motion of a corresponding fixed-length director ${\bf u}$. The time evolution of a set of collective densities $\{\hatψ\}$ is obtained as an exact representation of the corresponding microscopic dynamics. For the Smoluchowski dynamics, noise in the Langevin equation for the director ${\bf u}$ is multiplicative. We obtain that the equation of motion for the collective number-density has two different forms, respectively, for the Ito and Stratonvich interpretation of the multiplicative noise in the ${\bf u}$-equation. Without the ${\bf u}$ variable, both reduce to the Standard Dean-Kawasaki form. Next, we average the microscopic equations for the collective densities $\{\hatψ\}$ (which are, at this stage, a collection of Dirac delta functions) over phase space variables and obtain a corresponding set of stochastic partial differential equations for the coarse-grained densities $\{ψ\}$ with smooth spatial and temporal dependence. The coarse-grained equations of motion for the collective densities $\{ψ\}$ constitute the fluctuating non-linear hydrodynamics for the fluid with both rotational and translational dynamics. From the stationary solution of the corresponding Fokker-Planck equation, we obtain a free energy functional ${\cal F}[ψ]$ and demonstrate the relation between the ${\cal F}[ψ]$s for different levels of the FNH descriptions with its corresponding set of $\{ψ\}$.

cond-mat.stat-mech

Usefulness of Higher Order of System-Size Correction for Diffusion Coefficients of Macromolecules: A Molecular Dynamics Study

Yeh and Hummer's simplified estimation method has often been adopted to obtain diffusion coefficients for solute molecules using molecular dynamic simulation. However, the simplified formula is not necessarily valid when a small basic cell is used. Therefore, we conducted molecular dynamics simulations of aqueous protein solution to estimate the diffusion coefficient for the infinite dilution limit. We confirmed a deviation from the simplified formula in the simulation data and rationalized the discrepancy based on the unsimplified formula.

physics.chem-ph

Coarse-grained forms for equations describing the microscopic motion of particles in a fluid

Equations of motion for the microscopic number density $\hatρ({\bf x},t)$ and the momentum density $\hat{\bf g}({\bf x},t)$ of a fluid have been obtained in the past from the corresponding Langevin equations representing the dynamics of the fluid particles. In the present work we average these exact equations of microscopic dynamics over the local equilibrium distribution to obtain stochastic partial differential equations for the coarse grained densities with smooth spatial and temporal dependence. In particular, we consider Dean's exact balance equation for the microscopic density of a system of interacting Brownian particles to obtain the basic equation of the dynamic density functional theory. In the thermally averaged equation for the coarse grained density $ρ({\bf x},t)$, the related dependence on the bare interaction potential in Dean's equation is converted to that on the corresponding direct correlation functions of the density functional theory.

cond-mat.stat-mech

Derivation of the nonlinear fluctuating hydrodynamic equation from underdamped Langevin equation

We derive the fluctuating hydrodynamic equation for the number and momentum densities exactly from the underdamped Langevin equation. This derivation is an extension of the Kawasaki-Dean formula in underdamped case. The steady state probability distribution of the number and momentum densities field can be expressed by the kinetic and potential energies. In the massless limit, the obtained fluctuating hydrodynamic equation reduces to the Kawasaki-Dean equation. Moreover, the derived equation corresponds to the field equation derived from the canonical equation when the friction coefficient is zero.

cond-mat.stat-mech

Construction of the free energy landscape by the density functional theory

On the basis of the density functional theory, we give a clear definition of the free energy landscape. To show the usefulness of the definition, we construct the free energy landscape for rearrangement of atoms in an FCC crystal of hard spheres. In this description, the cooperatively rearranging region (CRR) is clealy related to the hard spheres involved in the saddle between two adjacent basins. A new concept of the simultaneously rearranging region (SRR) emerges naturally as spheres defined by the difference between two adjacent basins. We show that the SRR and the CRR can be determined explicitly from the free energylandscape.

cond-mat.stat-mech