SCALE-INVARIANT CORRELATIONS IN A DRIVEN DISSIPATIVE GAS

Authors
SWIFT MR BOAMFA M CORNELL SJ MARITAN A
Citation
Mr. Swift et al., SCALE-INVARIANT CORRELATIONS IN A DRIVEN DISSIPATIVE GAS, Physical review letters, 80(20), 1998, pp. 4410-4413
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
80
Issue
20
Year of publication
1998
Pages
4410 - 4413
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1998)80:20<4410:SCIADD>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
We investigate the steady state properties of a randomly driven dissip ative gas. As the number of particles is increased power-law spatial c orrelations in the density and velocity are seen to develop, and the e xponents are found to be independent of the model details. We show how the critical properties of this system can be understood in terms of a one particle model which is amenable to exact analysis.