Non-equilibrium phase transition in a sheared granular mixture

Details Non-equilibrium phase transition in a sheared granular mixture Non-equilibrium phase transition in a sheared granular mixture

2011-05-04

arxiv.org/abs/1105.0767v1

EPL 94, 50009 (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

Scientific paper

The dynamics of an impurity (or tracer particle) immersed in a dilute granular gas under uniform shear flow is investigated. A non-equilibrium phase transition is identified from an exact solution of the inelastic Boltzmann equation for a granular binary mixture in the tracer limit, where the impurity carries either a vanishing (disordered phase) or a finite (ordered phase) fraction of the total kinetic energy of the system. In the disordered phase, the granular temperature ratio (impurity "temperature" over that of the host fluid) is finite, while it diverges in the ordered phase. To correctly capture this extreme violation of energy equipartition, we show that the picture of an impurity enslaved to the host fluid is insufficient.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Non-equilibrium phase transition in a sheared granular mixture does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Non-equilibrium phase transition in a sheared granular mixture, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Non-equilibrium phase transition in a sheared granular mixture will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-689309