Equilibrium statistics of an inelastically bouncing ball, subject to gravity and a random force

Details Equilibrium statistics of an inelastically bouncing ball, subject to gravity and a random force Equilibrium statistics of an inelastically bouncing ball, subject to gravity and a random force

2006-02-06

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0602152v1

Phys. Rev. E 73, 046121 (2006)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

15 pages + 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.73.046121

We consider a particle moving on the half line $x>0$ and subject to a constant force in the $-x$ direction plus a delta-correlated random force. At $x=0$ the particle is reflected inelastically. The velocities just after and before reflection satisfy $v_f=-rv_i$, where $r$ is the coefficient of restitution. This simple model is of interest in connection with studies of driven granular matter in a gravitational field. With an exact analytical approach and simulations we study the steady state distribution function $P(x,v)$.

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