Preliminary Experiments Demonstrating a Controllable Granular Demon

  • F. Corrales Group of Complex Systems and Statistical Physics, University of Havana, 10400 Habana, Cuba
  • Y. Nahmad Instituto de Física, Zona Universitaria San Luis Potosí, SLP 78290, México
  • E. Altshuler Group of Complex Systems and Statistical Physics, University of Havana, 10400 Habana, Cuba http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4192-5635

Abstract

In this paper, we design a system of two symmetrical containers communicated by an aperture, in which a granular gas of glass spheres is created by shaking laterally the whole system in a planetary mill. If the aperture consists in a symmetrical hole, the two halves end up with the same number of grains after some time when initially all particles are into in one of the containers. However, when a funnel-like aperture is used, a robust symmetry breaking is induced: if all the grains are originally deposited in the container facing the wide side 95% of the grains pass to the opposite side in a relatively small time.

Published
Jul 14, 2018
How to Cite
CORRALES, F.; NAHMAD, Y.; ALTSHULER, E.. Preliminary Experiments Demonstrating a Controllable Granular Demon. Revista Cubana de Física, [S.l.], v. 35, n. 1, p. 50-53, july 2018. ISSN 2224-7939. Available at: <http://www.revistacubanadefisica.org/index.php/rcf/article/view/RCF_35_1_50>. Date accessed: 28 mar. 2024.
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