Heat conduction in three types of 1D channels is studied. The channels consist of two parallel walls, right triangles as scattering obstacles, and noninteracting particles. The triangles are placed along the walls in three different ways: (i) periodic, (ii) disordered in height, and (iii) disordered in position. The Lyapunov exponents in all three models are zero because of the flatness of triangle sides. It is found numerically that the temperature gradient can be formed in all three channels, but the Fourier heat law is observed only in two disordered ones. The results show that there might be no direct connection between chaos (in the sense of positive Lyapunov exponent) and normal thermal conduction.

• Received 21 June 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.223901