Published May 2019 | Version v1
Journal article

A modified Lowe-Andersen thermostat for a hard sphere fluid

Description

In order to model the thermal interaction between two hard sphere particles, we propose a small modification of the Lowe-Andersen thermostat, a well-known numerical thermostat that acts on selected pairs of particles. The simulation procedure presented here is local, easy to implement and computationally inexpensive while perturbing the natural dynamics of the system in a minimal fashion. Graphical abstract:

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Physical Journal. H (Print)
Journal Volume
42
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 1-5
ISSN
2102-6459

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
54090019
Subject category
S77: NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
COLLOIDS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; FLUIDS; NANOPARTICLES; SPHERES; THERMOSTATS
Descriptors DEC
CONTROL EQUIPMENT; DISPERSIONS; EQUIPMENT; PARTICLES; SIMULATION

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