A Barrat et al 2005 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17 S2429 doi:10.1088/0953-8984/17/24/004
A Barrat1, E Trizac2 and M H Ernst3
Show affiliationsWe present a biased review of some of the most 'spectacular' effects appearing in the dynamics of granular gases where the dissipative nature of the collisions leads to a rich phenomenology, exhibiting striking differences with equilibrium gases. Among these differences, the focus here is on the illustrative examples of the 'Maxwell demon'-like experiment, modification of Fourier's law, non-equipartition of energy and non-Gaussianity of the velocity distributions. The presentation remains as non-technical as possible.
Issue 24 (22 June 2005)
Received 16 March 2005
Published 3 June 2005
A Barrat et al 2005 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17 S2429
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