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Boltzmann equation for dissipative gases in homogeneous states with nonlinear friction
Combining analytical and numerical methods, we study within the framework of
the homogeneous non-linear Boltzmann equation, a broad class of models relevant
for the dynamics of dissipative fluids, including granular gases. We use the
new method presented in a previous paper [J. Stat. Phys. 124, 549 (2006)] and
extend our results to a different heating mechanism, namely a deterministic
non-linear friction force. We derive analytically the high energy tail of the
velocity distribution and compare the theoretical predictions with high
precision numerical simulations. Stretched exponential forms are obtained when
the non-equilibrium steady state is stable. We derive sub-leading corrections
and emphasize their relevance. In marginal stability cases, power-law behaviors
arise, with exponents obtained as the roots of transcendental equations. We
also consider some simple BGK (Bhatnagar, Gross, Krook) models, driven by
similar heating devices, to test the robustness of our predictions
Tapping Spin Glasses
We consider a tapping dynamics, analogous to that in experiments on granular
media, on spin glasses and ferromagnets on random thin graphs. Between taps,
zero temperature single spin flip dynamics takes the system to a metastable
state. Tapping, corresponds to flipping simultaneously any spin with
probability . This dynamics leads to a stationary regime with a steady state
energy . We analytically solve this dynamics for the one dimensional
ferromagnet and spin glass. Numerical simulations for spin glasses and
ferromagnets of higher connectivity are carried out, in particular we find a
novel first order transition for the ferromagnetic systems.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, RevTe
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The Diderot meteorite: The second chassignite
The Diderot meteorite is a dunite discovered in Sahara. The martian origin is unambiguous and Diderot shares strong petrographical similarities with Chassigny
Random inelasticity and velocity fluctuations in a driven granular gas
We analyze the deviations from Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics found in recent
experiments studying velocity distributions in two-dimensional granular gases
driven into a non-equilibrium stationary state by a strong vertical vibration.
We show that in its simplest version, the ``stochastic thermostat'' model of
heated inelastic hard spheres, contrary to what has been hitherto stated, is
incompatible with the experimental data, although predicting a reminiscent high
velocity stretched exponential behavior with an exponent 3/2. The experimental
observations lead to refine a recently proposed random restitution coefficient
model. Very good agreement is then found with experimental velocity
distributions within this framework, which appears self-consistent and further
provides relevant probes to investigate the universality of the velocity
statistics.Comment: 5 pages, 5 eps figure
Generic Absorbing Transition in Coevolution Dynamics
We study a coevolution voter model on a network that evolves according to the
state of the nodes. In a single update, a link between opposite-state nodes is
rewired with probability , while with probability one of the nodes
takes its neighbor's state. A mean-field approximation reveals an absorbing
transition from an active to a frozen phase at a critical value
that only depends on the average degree of the
network. The approach to the final state is characterized by a time scale that
diverges at the critical point as . We find that the
active and frozen phases correspond to a connected and a fragmented network
respectively. We show that the transition in finite-size systems can be seen as
the sudden change in the trajectory of an equivalent random walk at the
critical rewiring rate , highlighting the fact that the mechanism behind
the transition is a competition between the rates at which the network and the
state of the nodes evolve.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Estimating the epidemic risk using non-uniformly sampled contact data
Many datasets describing contacts in a population suffer from incompleteness
due to population sampling and underreporting of contacts. Data-driven
simulations of spreading processes using such incomplete data lead to an
underestimation of the epidemic risk, and it is therefore important to devise
methods to correct this bias. We focus here on a non-uniform sampling of the
contacts between individuals, aimed at mimicking the results of diaries or
surveys, and consider as case studies two datasets collected in different
contexts. We show that using surrogate data built using a method developed in
the case of uniform population sampling yields an improvement with respect to
the use of the sampled data but is strongly limited by the underestimation of
the link density in the sampled network. We put forward a second method to
build surrogate data that assumes knowledge of the density of links within one
of the groups forming the population. We show that it gives very good results
when the population is strongly structured, and discuss its limitations in the
case of a population with a weaker group structure. These limitations highlight
the interest of measurements using wearable sensors able to yield accurate
information on the structure and durations of contacts
On the Einstein relation in a heated granular gas
Recent computer simulation results [Barrat {\em et al.}, Physica A 334 (2004)
513] for granular mixtures subject to stochastic driving have shown the
validity of the Einstein relation between the
diffusion and mobility coefficients when the temperature of the
gas is replaced by the temperature of the impurity in the usual
Einstein relation. This problem is analyzed in this paper by solving
analytically the Boltzmann-Lorentz equation from the Chapman-Enskog method. The
gas is heated by the action of an external driving force (thermostat) which
does work to compensate for the collisional loss of energy. Two types of
thermostats are considered: (a) a deterministic force proportional to the
particle velocity (Gaussian thermostat), and (b) a white noise external force
(stochastic thermostat). The diffusion and mobility coefficients are given in
terms of the solutions of two linear integral equations, which are
approximately solved up to the second order in a Sonine polynomial expansion.
The results show that the violation of the Einstein relation ()
is only due to the non-Maxwellian behavior of the impurity velocity
distribution function (absence of the Gibbs state). At a quantitative level,
the kinetic theory results also show that the deviation of from 1 is
more significant in the case of the Gaussian thermostat than in the case of the
stochastic one, in which case the deviation of the Einstein relation is in
general smaller than 1%. This conclusion agrees quite well with the results
found in computer simulations.Comment: 7 figures. to appear in Physica
Level-crossing spectroscopy of the 7, 9, and 10D_5/2 states of 133Cs and validation of relativistic many-body calculations of the polarizabilities and hyperfine constants
We present an experimental and theoretical investigation of the
polarizabilities and hyperfine constants of D_J states in 133Cs for J=3/2 and
J=5/2. New experimental values for the hyperfine constant A are obtained from
level-crossing signals of the (7,9,10)D_5/2 states of 133Cs and precise
calculations of the tensor polarizabilities alpha_2. The results of
relativistic many-body calculations for scalar and tensor polarizabilities of
the (5-10)D_3/2 and (5-10)D_5/2 states are presented and compared with measured
values from the literature. Calculated values of the hyperfine constants A for
these states are also presented and checked for consistency with experimental
values.Comment: 12 pages, revtex4, 11 figure file
Hydrodynamic profiles for an impurity in a open vibrated granular gas
The hydrodynamic state of an impurity immersed in a low density granular gas
is analyzed. Explicit expressions for the temperature and density fields of the
impurity in terms of the hydrodynamic fields of the gas are derived. It is
shown that the ratio between the temperatures of the two components, measuring
the departure from energy equipartition, only depends on the mechanical
properties of the particles, being therefore constant in the bulk of the
system. This ratio plays an important role in determining the density profile
of the intruder and its position with respect to the gas, since it determines
the sign of the pressure diffusion coefficient. The theoretical predictions are
compared with molecular dynamics simulation results for the particular case of
the steady state of an open vibrated granular system in absence of macroscopic
fluxes, and a satisfactory agreement is found
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