Granular gases: dynamics and collective effects
Statistical Mechanics
2009-11-10 v2
Abstract
We present a biased review of some of the most "spectacular" effects appearing in the dynamics of granular gases where the dissipative nature of the collisions leads to a rich phenomenology, exhibiting striking differences with equilibrium gases. Among these differences, the focus here is on the illustrative examples of ``Maxwell Demon''-like experiment, modification of Fourier's law, non-equipartition of energy and non-Gaussianity of the velocity distributions. The presentation remains as non technical as possible.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0411435,
title = {Granular gases: dynamics and collective effects},
author = {Alain Barrat and Emmanuel Trizac and Matthieu H. Ernst},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0411435},
year = {2009}
}