title: Cluster growth in two- and three-dimensional granular gases.
abstract: Dissipation in granular media leads to interesting phenomena such as cluster formation and crystallization in nonequilibrium dynamical states. The freely cooling system is examined concerning the energy decay and the cluster evolution in time, both in two and three dimensions. We also suggest an interpretation of the three-dimensional cluster growth in terms of percolation theory, but this point deserves further study.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Computeranwendnungen 1, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 27, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Luding