Temperature of a granular gas with regard to the stochastic nature of particle interactions

Gunkelmann N, Serero D, Pöschel T (2013)


Publication Language: English

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2013

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Publisher: Institute of Physics: Open Access Journals / Institute of Physics (IoP) and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft

Book Volume: 15

Article Number: 093030

DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/15/9/093030

Abstract

The decay of temperature of a force-free granular gas in the homogeneous cooling state depends on the specific model for particle interaction. For the case of rough spheres, in recent experimental and theoretical work, the coefficient of restitution was characterized as a fluctuating quantity. We show that for such particles, the decay of temperature with time follows the law which deviates from Haff's law, T ∼ t, obtained for gases of particles interacting via a constant coefficient of restitution also from obtained for gases of viscoelastic particles. Our results are obtained from kinetic theory and are in very good agreement with Monte Carlo simulations. © IOP Publishing and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft.

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APA:

Gunkelmann, N., Serero, D., & Pöschel, T. (2013). Temperature of a granular gas with regard to the stochastic nature of particle interactions. New Journal of Physics, 15. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/9/093030

MLA:

Gunkelmann, Nina, Dan Serero, and Thorsten Pöschel. "Temperature of a granular gas with regard to the stochastic nature of particle interactions." New Journal of Physics 15 (2013).

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