Heat Carriers in Liquids: An Introduction (SpringerBriefs in Physics)

Foreword
Preface
Contents
1 What Is a Liquid?
	1.1 Liquids from Gas Perspectives
	1.2 Liquids from Solid Perspectives
	1.3 How to Approach Liquid State Physics?
	References
2 Normal Mode Analysis of Atomic Motion in Solids
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 What Are Normal Modes?
		2.2.1 Example: Monatomic Linear Chain Crystal
		2.2.2 Formal Description of Normal Modes in Solids
		2.2.3 Types of Normal Modes in Solids: Phonons, Propagons, Diffusons, and Locons
	2.3 Thermal Properties of Solids from Normal Modes
		2.3.1 Energy and Heat Capacity
		2.3.2 Thermal Conductivity
	2.4 Concluding Remarks
	References
3 Time Correlations and Their Descriptions of Materials Properties
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 Time Evolution in Classical Mechanics
	3.3 Time Correlation Functions and Their Properties
	3.4 Time Correlation Functions and Macroscopic Materials Properties
		3.4.1 Thermal Conductivity
		3.4.2 Viscosity
	3.5 Velocity Autocorrelation Spectra as Phonon Density of States
	3.6 Velocity Autocorrelation Spectra Describing Atomic Diffusion
	3.7 Concluding Remarks
	3.8 Appendix
		3.8.1 Weiner Khinchin\'s Theorem
		3.8.2 Green–Kubo Thermal Conductivity
	References
4 Continuity of the Solid, Liquid, and Gas Phases of Matter
	4.1 Instantaneous Normal Modes
		4.1.1 Self-diffusion Coefficient Described by Instantaneous Normal Modes
		4.1.2 Heat Capacity of Liquids Described by Instantaneous Normal Modes
		4.1.3 Comments on Instantaneous Normal Modes of Liquids
		4.1.4 Extending Instantaneous Normal Mode Analysis to Simple Gases
	4.2 Velocity Autocorrelation Decomposition of Atomic Degrees of Freedom in Liquids
		4.2.1 Bridging the Gap Between INM(omegaω) and VACF(omegaω)
	4.3 Concluding Remarks
	4.4 Outlook
	References