Nonlinear Hydrodynamics of a Hard Sphere Fluid Near the Glas

We conduct a numerical study of the dynamic behavior of a dense hard sphere fluid by deriving and integrating a set of Langevin equations. The statics of the system is described by a free energy functional of the Ramakrishnan-Yussouff form. We find that th

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aNonlinearhydrodynamicsofahardsphere uidneartheglasstransitionLisaM.LustandOriolT.VallsSchoolofPhysicsandAstronomyandMinnesotaSupercomputerInstitute,UniversityofMinnesota,Minneapolis,Minnesota55455-0149andChandanDasguptaDepartmentofPhysics,IndianInstituteofScience,Bangalore560012,India