Granular gas cooling and relaxation to the steady state in regard to the overpopulated tail of the velocity distribution

International Journal of Modern Physics C

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 701-711

  Pöschel, Thorsten ^a   Brilliantov, Nikolai V ^b   Formella, Arno ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Granular gases; Overpopulated high energy tail; Velocity distribution function

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547167930     PISSN: 01291831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129183107010966     Document Type: Conference Paper

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