Unified description of long-time tails and long-range correlation functions for sheared granular liquids

Unified description on the long-time tail of velocity autocorrelation function and the long-range correlation for the equal-time spatial correlation functions is developed based on the generalized fluctuating hydrodynamics. The cross-over of the long-time tail from $t^{-3/2}$ to $t^{-5/2}$ is predicted independent of the density, and the equal-time spatial density correlation function and the equal-time spatial velocity correlation function respectively satisfy $r^{-11/3}$ and $r^{-5/3}$ for large $r$ limit.Comment: 10 pages. to be published in Euro. Phys. J.

The PHENIX Experiment at RHIC

The physics emphases of the PHENIX collaboration and the design and current status of the PHENIX detector are discussed. The plan of the collaboration for making the most effective use of the available luminosity in the first years of RHIC operation is also presented.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figure. Further details of the PHENIX physics program available at http://www.rhic.bnl.gov/phenix

Modeling the absorption of intense, short laser pulses in steep density gradients

A subroutine which calculates the absorption of short pulse electromagnetic radiation in a material has been installed into the laser fusion modeling program called LASNEX. Calculational results show the necessity for NLTE physics to account for ionization, the development of non-exponential density profiles for the expanding plasma and movement of the critical point toward the surface which results in Doppler shifts of the reflected light. Comparison of calculations of local scale lengths with experiments shows not only good agreement but the correct scaling with intensity. 8 refs., 5 figs

Studies in molecular dynamics of the friction coefficient and the Lorentz gas

The thesis consists of three hard-sphere molecular dynamics studies. The first describes a modification of Fick's diffusion law, required whenever long-time correlations are present. The second study concerns the mass and size dependence of the friction coefficient as well as its dependence on boundary conditions. The study presents a molecular dynamics method which calculates the infinite-mass friction coefficient of finite size hard-sphere particles. The third study presents the applicability of hydrodynamics to describe fluctuations in fluids on the molecular level. This study shows that the fluctuations present in a system of hard spheres when placed between closely spaced parallel hard walls lead to an acoustical resonance for those wavelengths which correspond to the spacing, or integer fractions thereof