Test of the Stokes-Einstein relation in a two-dimensional Yukawa liquid

Phys Rev Lett. 2006 Jan 13;96(1):015005. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.015005. Epub 2006 Jan 4.

Abstract

The Stokes-Einstein relation, relating the diffusion and viscosity coefficients D and eta, is tested in two dimensions. An equilibrium molecular-dynamics simulation was used with a Yukawa pair potential. Regimes are identified where motion is diffusive and D is meaningful. The Stokes-Einstein relation, Deta proportional k(B)T, was found to be violated near the disordering transition; under these conditions collective particle motion exhibits dynamical heterogeneity. At slightly higher temperatures, however, the Stokes-Einstein relation is valid. These results may be testable in strongly coupled dusty plasma experiments.