Spatially heterogenous dynamics in dense, driven granular flows

dc.creatorFerguson, Allison
dc.creatorChakraborty, Bulbul
dc.date2007-02-28
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:49:17Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:49:17Z
dc.descriptionInterest in the dynamical arrest leading to a fluid --> solid transition in thermal and athermal systems has led to questions about the nature of these transitions. These jamming transitions may be dependent on the influence of extended structures on the dynamics of the system. Here we show results from a simple driven, dissipative, non-equilibrium system which exhibits dynamical heterogeneities similar to those observed in a supercooled liquid which is a system in thermal equilibrium. Observations of the time $τ_R(r)$ required for a particular particle to move a distance $r$ reveal the existence of large-scale correlated dynamical regions with characteristic timescales chosen from a broad distribution. The mean squared displacement of ensembles of particles with varying characteristic $τ_R(r)$ reveals an intriguing spatially heterogenous mobility. This suggests that a unified framework for jamming will have to be based on the connection between the nature of these heterogeneities and the effective dynamics.
dc.description6 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Europhys. Lett
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0702671
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0702671
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/124791
dc.subjectSoft Condensed Matter
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.titleSpatially heterogenous dynamics in dense, driven granular flows
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