title: Molecular dynamics on diffusive time scales from the phase-field-crystal equation.
abstract: We extend the phase-field-crystal model to accommodate exact atomic configurations and vacancies by requiring the order parameter to be non-negative. The resulting theory dictates the number of atoms and describes the motion of each of them. By solving the dynamical equation of the model, which is a partial differential equation, we are essentially performing molecular dynamics simulations on diffusive time scales. To illustrate this approach, we calculate the two-point correlation function of a fluid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Loomis Laboratory of Physics, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801-3080, USA.
authors.forename: Pak Yuen
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Nigel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goldenfeld
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dantzig