Energy distribution of inelastic gas in a box is dominated by a power law—a derivation in the framework of sample space reducing processes

DOI10.1088/1367-2630/ACAF15MaRDI QIDQ6042394zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Stefan Thurner, Jan Korbel, Rudolf Hanel

Publication date 10 May 2023

Published in New Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.12730

zbMATH Keywords

dissipative systemdrivingeigenvalue equationmolecular dynamics simulationnon-equilibriumscaling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C40) Computational molecular dynamics in statistical mechanics (82M37)

Abstract: We use the framework of sample space reducing processes (SSR) as an alternative to Boltzmann equation based approaches, to derive the energy and velocity distribution functions of an inelastic gas in a box as an example for a dissipative, driven system. SSR processes do not assume molecular chaos and are characterized by a specific type of eigenvalue equation whose solutions represent stationary distribution functions. The equations incorporate the geometry of inelastic collisions and a driving mechanism in a transparent way. Energy is injected by boosting particles that hit the walls of the container to high energies. The numerical solution of the resulting equations yields power laws over the entire energy region. The exponents decrease with the driving rate from about $2$ to below $1.5$ and depend on the coefficient of restitution. Results are confirmed with a molecular dynamics simulation in 3D with the same driving mechanism. We believe that these distribution functions are observable in experimental situations; the abundance of power laws in driven dissipative systems might be a sign of the generality of the result.

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