RT Journal Article
T1 Dynamics of deviations from the Gaussian state in a freely cooling homogeneous system of smooth inelastic particles
A1 Huthmann, M.
A1 García Orza, José Antonio
A1 Brito López, Ricardo
AB The time dependence of deviations from the Gaussian state in a freely cooling homogeneous system of smooth inelastically colliding spheres is investigated by kinetic theory. We determine the full time dependence of the coefficients of an expansion around the Gaussian state in Generalized Laguerre polynomials. Approximating this system of equations to sixth order, we find that the asymptotic state, where the mean energy T follows Haff's law with time independent cooling rate, is reached within a few collisions per particle. Two-dimensional molecular dynamics stimulations confirm our results and show exponential behavior in the high-energy tails.
PB Springer-Verlag
SN 1434-5021
YR 2000
FD 2000-10
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58489
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58489
LA eng
NO © Springer-Verlag 2000. The authors thank to A. Zippelius, T. Aspelmeier, P. Müller,and A. Santos for useful discussions. M. H. acknowledgesfinancial support by the DFG through SFB 345 (Germany), and J. A. G. O. and R. B. from DGES number PB97-0076 (Spain)
NO DFG (Germany)
NO DGES (Spain)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 12 may 2025