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Test of the Stokes-Einstein relation in a two-dimensional Yukawa liquid
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Test of the Stokes-Einstein relation in a two-dimensional Yukawa liquid

Bin Liu, J Goree and O S Vaulina
Physical review letters, Vol.96(1), pp.015005-015005
01/13/2006
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.015005
PMID: 16486470
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https://arxiv.org/pdf/cond-mat/0511209View
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Abstract

The Stokes-Einstein relation, relating the diffusion and viscosity coefficients D and eta, is tested in two dimensions. An equilibrium molecular-dynamics simulation was used with a Yukawa pair potential. Regimes are identified where motion is diffusive and D is meaningful. The Stokes-Einstein relation, Deta proportional k(B)T, was found to be violated near the disordering transition; under these conditions collective particle motion exhibits dynamical heterogeneity. At slightly higher temperatures, however, the Stokes-Einstein relation is valid. These results may be testable in strongly coupled dusty plasma experiments.

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