Fourier law and the weak coupling limit
Speaker:
Carlangelo Liverani, Sapienza University of Rome
Date and Time:
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - 4:00pm to 4:30pm
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 230
Abstract:
I consider lattices of weakly interacting Hamiltonian systems. In the limit of vanishing interactions one can show that the systems are essentially in local equilibrium and hence one can deduce, in the appropriate time scale, an autonomous equation for the evolution of the energies alone. One can then try to study such an equation to deduce the Fourier law or the heat equation (works in collaboration with S.Olla and D.Dolgopyat).