Dissipative collapse of the adiabatic piston
arXiv:cond-mat/0506152 · doi:10.1209/epl/i2004-10470-4
Abstract
An adiabatic piston, separating two granular gases prepared in the same macroscopic state, is found to eventually collapse to one of the sides. This new instability is explained by a simple macroscopic theory which is furthermore in qualitative agreement with hard disk molecular dynamics.
7 pages, 5 figures