Linear response of vibrated granular systems to sudden changes in the vibration intensity
Statistical Mechanics
2009-11-07 v2 Soft Condensed Matter
Abstract
The short-term memory effects recently observed in vibration-induced compaction of granular materials are studied. It is shown that they can be explained by means of quite plausible hypothesis about the mesoscopic description of the evolution of the system. The existence of a critical time separating regimes of ``anomalous'' and ``normal'' responses is predicted. A simple model fitting into the general framework is analyzed in the detail. The relationship between this work and previous studies is discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0101218,
title = {Linear response of vibrated granular systems to sudden changes in the vibration intensity},
author = {J. Javier Brey and A. Prados},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0101218},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
10 pages, 6 figures; fixed errata, updtated references