Pre-collision dynamics of short 1D anharmonic chains
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Proceedings of the 22nd Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress, Bohol Tropics Resort, Tagbilaran City, 25–27 Oct 2004, 118.Abstract
This paper investigates the dynamics of short one-dimensional lattices having a temperature gradient. An anharmonic potential using the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam (FPU) model was assumed. Three different systems were studied: a uniform chain, a chain with a single impurity, and a diatomic chain. Numerical simulations using the fourth order Runge-Kutta algorithm was used to solve the equations of motion. An impurity in the chain serves as a “thermal barrier”. In the diatomic lattice, an energy excitation is formed even before any particle collision occurs. Here the energy distribution at different times will be shown.