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Mpemba effect in an anisotropically driven granular gas

Statistical Mechanics 2022-03-14 v1

Abstract

We demonstrate the existence, as well as determine the conditions, of a Mpemba effect - a counterintuitive phenomenon where a hotter system equilibrates faster than a cooler system when quenched to a cold temperature - in anisotropically driven granular gases. In contrast to earlier studies of Mpemba effect in granular systems, the initial states are stationary, making it a suitable system to experimentally study the effect. Our theoretical predictions for the regular, inverse and strong Mpemba effects agree well with results of event-driven molecular dynamics simulations of hard discs.

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@article{arxiv.2104.08730,
  title  = {Mpemba effect in an anisotropically driven granular gas},
  author = {Apurba Biswas and V. V. Prasad and R. Rajesh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.08730},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

5 pages, 4 figures and supplemental material

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