Several notes on the momentum correlation function of a Brownian particle

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  • Department of Physics,Beijing Normal University,Beijing 100875,China

Received date: 2018-10-30

  Revised date: 2019-04-15

  Online published: 2019-09-11

Abstract

The momentum correlation functuin is a very important physical quantity in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics.However,where are a few errors for the explain of this function and related contents in our usual textbooks.This paper starts from academic research and discusses those un-rigorous descriptions.The Langevin equation subjected to a white noise is regarded as a model in the present textbooks,but it is difficulty for clearing two characteristic times in the Brownian motion: the correlation time of random force and relaxation time of system.This paper solves this question in terms of the generalized Langevin equation with an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck colored noise. The ergodicity of the momentum variable is studied by using the Khinchin theorem and thus the cost of the momentum correlation function is deepen.

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BAO Jing-dong . Several notes on the momentum correlation function of a Brownian particle[J]. College Physics, 2019 , 38(8) : 1 . DOI: 10.16854 /j.cnki.1000-0712.180599

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