Jim Lutsko

Jim Lutsko

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My interests include Statistical Physics; Crystallization; Density Functional Theory, Simulation methods - particularly rare event techniques, Protein physics, Granular physics and Crystal Growth. I am based in the Physics of Complex Systems and Statistical Mechanics group at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles.

[043] Velocity Correlations and the Structure of Nonequilibrium Hard-Core Fluids

A model for the pair-distribution function of nonequilibrium hard-core fluids is proposed based on a model for the effect of velocity correlations on the structure. Good agreement is found with molecular dynamics simulations of granular fluids and of sheared elastic hard spheres. It is argued that the incorporation of velocity correlations are crucial to correctly modeling atomic scale structure in nonequilibrium fluids.

Recommended citation: James F. Lutsko, "Velocity Correlations and the Structure of Nonequilibrium Hard-Core Fluids", Phys. Rev. Lett., 86, 3344 (2001)
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