Knots and random walks in vibrated granular chains

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1414-1417

  Ben Naim, E ^a,b   Daya, Z A ^b,c   Vorobieff, P ^b,d   Ecke, R E ^b,c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR NONLINEAR STUDIES   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

GRANULAR CHAINS; INELASTIC COLLISIONS; KNOT SURVIVAL PROBABILITY;

MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS;

EID: 0034832277     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.1414     Document Type: Article

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