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J. C. Dyre

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Testing the isomorph invariance of the bridge functions of Yukawa one-component plasmas. I. Intermediate and long range

It has been recently conjectured that bridge functions remain nearly invariant along phase diagram lines of constant excess entropy for the broad class of R-simple liquids. To test this hypothesis, the bridge functions of Yukawa systems are computed outside the correlation void with the Ornstein-Zernike inversion method and structural input from ultra-accurate molecular dynamics simulations. The effect of statistical, grid, finite-size, tail and isomorphic errors is quantified. Uncertainty propagation analysis is complemented with a detailed investigation of the sensitivity of the bridge function to periodic and aperiodic multiplicative perturbations in the radial distribution function. In the long and intermediate range, bridge functions are demonstrated to be approximately isomorph invariant.

cond-mat.soft

Isomorph invariance and thermodynamics of repulsive dense bi-Yukawa one-component plasmas

In numerous realizations of complex plasmas, dust-dust interactions are characterized by two screening lengths and are thus better described by a combination of Yukawa potentials. The present work investigates the static correlations and the thermodynamics of repulsive dense bi-Yukawa fluids based on the fact that such strongly coupled systems exhibit isomorph invariance. The strong virial-potential energy correlations are demonstrated with the aid of molecular dynamics simulations, an accurate analytical expression for the isomorph family of curves is obtained and an empirical expression for the fluid-solid phase-coexistence line is proposed. The isomorph-based empirically modified hypernetted-chain approach, grounded on the ansatz of isomorph invariant bridge functions, is then extended to such systems and the resulting structural properties show an excellent agreement with the results of computer simulations. A simple and accurate closed-form expression is obtained for the excess internal energy of dense bi-Yukawa fluids by capitalizing on the compact parameterization offered by the Rosenfeld-Tarazona decomposition in combination with the Rosenfeld scaling, which opens up the energy route to thermodynamics.

physics.plasm-ph

Short-chain polymer rigidity due to the Debye process of monohydroxy alcohols

In addition to the ubiquitous structural relaxation of viscous supercooled liquids, monohydroxy alcohols and several other hydrogen-bonded systems display a strong single-exponential electrical low-frequency absorption. So far, this so-called Debye process could be observed only using dielectric techniques. Exploiting a combination of broad-band and high-resolution rheology experiments for three isomeric octanols, unambiguous mechanical evidence for the Debye process is found. Its spectral signature is similar to the viscoelastic fingerprint of small-chain polymers, enabling us to estimate the effective molecular weight for the supramolecular structure formed by the studied monohydroxy alcohols. This finding opens the venue for the application of further non-dielectric techniques directed at unraveling the microscopic nature of the Debye process and for an understanding of this phenomenon in terms of polymer concepts.

cond-mat.soft

A single-frequency test for one-parameter models of the linear thermo-visco-elastic response of glass-forming liquids

A master equation description of the inherent dynamics is used to calculate the frequency-dependent linear thermo-visco-elastic response functions of a glass-forming liquid. From the imaginary parts of the isobaric specific heat, isothermal bulk modulus, and isobaric thermal expansion coefficient, we define a quantity $Λ_{Tp}(ω)$ with the property that $Λ_{Tp}(ω)=1$ is equivalent to having a one-parameter description of the linear thermo-visco-elastic response. This provides an alternative to the well-known criterion based on the Prigogine-Defay ratio.

cond-mat.stat-mech