TY - JOUR
T1 - Granular matter
T2 - A wonderful world of clusters in far-from-equilibrium systems
AU - Ausloos, M.
AU - Lambiotte, R.
AU - Trojan, K.
AU - Koza, Z.
AU - Pȩkala, M.
N1 - Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2005/11/8
Y1 - 2005/11/8
N2 - We review several theoretical and experimental methods of modeling and investigating granular matter far from equilibrium. The theoretical methods include an extension of the classical Boltzmann equation to inelastic gases, scalar internal degrees of freedom, and Hamiltonian-like grain-grain interactions; the experimental technique is concerned with thermal properties of electrically conducting clusters. We discuss the results, focusing on phenomena nonexistent in physics of gases, fluids or solids, e.g. anomalous temperature gradients or electric resistance. One of the models is used to study the interplay between classical and self-organized criticality.
AB - We review several theoretical and experimental methods of modeling and investigating granular matter far from equilibrium. The theoretical methods include an extension of the classical Boltzmann equation to inelastic gases, scalar internal degrees of freedom, and Hamiltonian-like grain-grain interactions; the experimental technique is concerned with thermal properties of electrically conducting clusters. We discuss the results, focusing on phenomena nonexistent in physics of gases, fluids or solids, e.g. anomalous temperature gradients or electric resistance. One of the models is used to study the interplay between classical and self-organized criticality.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.physa.2005.06.034
DO - 10.1016/j.physa.2005.06.034
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:24944447097
SN - 0378-4371
VL - 357
SP - 337
EP - 349
JO - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
JF - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
IS - 2
ER -