Energy and number of collisions fluctuations in inelastic gases
arXiv:cond-mat/0510628 · doi:10.1016/j.physa.2006.08.032
Abstract
We study by numerical simulations the two-dimensional Inelastic Maxwell Model (IMM), and show how the inelasticity of collisions together with the fluctuations of the number of collisions undergone by a particle lead to energy fluctuations that decay like a power-law. These fluctuations are associated to a shrinking of the available phase space. We find the asymptotic scaling of these energy fluctuations and show how they affect the tail of the velocity distribution during long time intervals.
arXiv comment4 pages, 3 figures
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