Memory and Kovacs effects in the parking-lot model: an approximate statistical-mechanical treatment
Statistical Mechanics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
The parking-lot model provides a qualitative description of the main features of the phenomenology of granular compaction. We derive here approximate kinetic equations for this model, equations that are based on a parameter generalization of the statistical-mechanical formalism first proposed by Edwards and coworkers. We show that history-dependent effects, such as memory and Kovacs effects, are captured by this approach.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0310738,
title = {Memory and Kovacs effects in the parking-lot model: an approximate statistical-mechanical treatment},
author = {G. Tarjus and P. Viot},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0310738},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
11 pages 6 figures Proceeding Capri 2003 conference "Unifying concepts in granular media and glasses"