Dissipative collapse of the adiabatic piston
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An adiabatic piston, separating two granular gases prepared in the same macroscopic state, is found to eventually collapse to one of the sides. This new instability is explained by a simple macroscopic theory which is furthermore in qualitative agreement with hard disk molecular dynamics.
7 pages, 5 figures
7 pages, 5 figures