2001/11/30 by A. C. Maggs · 3 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles #Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies #Theoretical and Computational Physics #cond-mat.soft #cond-mat.stat-mech
paper · pdf · doi:10.1063/1.1487821
published as J. Chem. Phys. 117, 1975 (2002) · Reworked section on Lagranian formulation of dynamics
openalex publication_date 2002/07/28 · arxiv created 2003/01/14 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Charged systems interacting via Coulomb forces can be efficiently simulated by introducing a local, diffusing degree of freedom for the electric field. This paper formulates the continuum electrodynamic equations corresponding to the algorithm and studies the spectrum of fluctuations when these equations are coupled to mobile charges. I compare the calculations with simulations of a charged lattice gas, and study the dynamics of charge and density fluctuations. The algorithm can be understood as a realization of a mechanical model of the ether.