Thermal rectification in the thermodynamic limit
arXiv:1909.03599 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.101.012125
Abstract
We show that an increasingly strong thermal rectification effect occurs in the thermodynamic limit in a one-dimensional, graded rotor lattice with nearest-neighboring interactions only. The underlying mechanism is related to the transition from normal to abnormal heat conduction behavior observed in the corresponding homogeneous lattices as the temperature decreases. In contrast and in addition to that by invoking long-range interactions, this finding provides a distinct scenario to make the thermal rectification effect robust.
arXiv comment5 pages, 6 figures; the manuscript has been further updated to include the final proof
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