Competitive clustering in a bidisperse granular gas.
A bidisperse granular gas in a compartmentalized system is experimentally found to cluster competitively: Depending on the shaking strength, the clustering can be directed either towards the compartment initially containing mainly small particles or to the one containing mainly large particles. The experimental observations are quantitatively explained within a flux model.
Mikkelsen
René
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Department of Applied Physics and J. M. Burgers Centre for Fluid Dynamics, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.
Van Der Meer
Devaraj
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Van Der Weele
Ko
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Lohse
Detlef
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