Piasecki, J.; Talbot, J.; Viot, P. - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 373 (2007) C, pp. 313-323
We consider a one-dimensional system consisting of a granular tracer particle of mass M in a bath of thermalized particles each of mass m. When the mass ratio, M/m, is equal to the coefficient of restitution, α, the system maps to a one-dimensional elastic gas. In this case the Boltzmann...