Gaussian Kinetic Model for Granular Gases

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2003-12-04

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0312113v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

to be submitted to Phys. Rev. E

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.69.051301

A kinetic model for the Boltzmann equation is proposed and explored as a practical means to investigate the properties of a dilute granular gas. It is shown that all spatially homogeneous initial distributions approach a universal "homogeneous cooling solution" after a few collisions. The homogeneous cooling solution (HCS) is studied in some detail and the exact solution is compared with known results for the hard sphere Boltzmann equation. It is shown that all qualitative features of the HCS, including the nature of over population at large velocities, are reproduced semi-quantitatively by the kinetic model. It is also shown that all the transport coefficients are in excellent agreement with those from the Boltzmann equation. Also, the model is specialized to one having a velocity independent collision frequency and the resulting HCS and transport coefficients are compared to known results for the Maxwell Model. The potential of the model for the study of more complex spatially inhomogeneous states is discussed.

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