Injected power and entropy flow in a heated granular gas

P. Visco 1, 2, A. Puglisi 1, A. Barrat 1, E. Trizac 2, F. van Wijland 1, 3

Europhysics Letters (EPL) 72 (2005) 55-61

Our interest goes to the power injected in a heated granular gas and to the possibility to interpret it in terms of entropy flow. We numerically determine the distribution of the injected power by means of Monte-Carlo simulations. Then, we provide a kinetic theory approach to the computation of such a distribution function. Finally, after showing why the injected power does not satisfy a Fluctuation Relation a la Gallavotti-Cohen, we put forward a new quantity which does fulfill such a relation, and is not only applicable in a variety of frameworks outside the granular world, but also experimentally accessible.

  • 1. Laboratoire de Physique Théorique d’Orsay (LPT),
    CNRS : UMR8627 – Université Paris XI – Paris Sud
  • 2. Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques (LPTMS),
    CNRS : UMR8626 – Université Paris XI – Paris Sud
  • 3. Matière et Systèmes Complexes (MSC),
    CNRS : UMR7057 – Université Paris VII – Paris Diderot
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