Two-dimensional Brownian motion and fluctuating hydrodynamics

Authors

G. Y. Hu, Louisiana State University
R. F. O'Connell, Louisiana State University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1-1990

Abstract

We derive the generalized Langevin equation for the motion of a hard disk in a two-dimensional incompressible fluid using a fluctuating hydrodynamical treatment. We show that our results are consistent with the fluctuation-dissipation theorem. © 1990.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

First Page

804

Last Page

812

Recommended Citation

Hu, G., & O'Connell, R. (1990). Two-dimensional Brownian motion and fluctuating hydrodynamics. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 163 (3), 804-812. https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-4371(90)90251-M