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We investigate the probability distribution of the scaled trajectory of a test particle moving in an equilibrium fluid according to the laws of classical mechanics, i.e., ifQ(t) is the displacement of the test particle we letQ A(t) =Q(At)/√A and consider the distribution of the trajectory QA(t) in the limit A→∞. The randomness of the motion is due entirely to the randomness of the initial state of the fluid, test particle, or both, and the process is generally non-Markovian. Nevertheless, it can be proven in some cases and we expect it to be true in many more that QA (t) looks like Brownian motion in the limit A→∞. Some results for simple model systems are presented.
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Supported in part by NSF Grants DMR 81-14726 and PHY 78-03816.
Supported by DFG Fellowship.
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Dürr, D., Goldstein, S. & Lebowitz, J.L. Stochastic processes originating in deterministic microscopic dynamics. J Stat Phys 30, 519–526 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01012325
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01012325