Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2005-07-22
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
4 pages, 5 figures and 1 table
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.118002
We present results from a series of experiments on a granular medium sheared in a Couette geometry and show that their statistical properties can be computed in a quantitative way from the assumption that the resultant from the set of forces acting in the system performs a Brownian motion. The same assumption has been utilised, with success, to describe other phenomena, such as the Barkhausen effect in ferromagnets, and so the scheme suggests itself as a more general description of a wider class of driven instabilities.
Baldassarri Andrea
Dalton Fergal
Petri Alberto
Pietronero Luciano
Pontuale Giorgio
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