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Ordered and disordered dynamics in monolayers of rolling particles
Byungsoo Kim1, Vakhtang Putkaradze
1Department of Mathematics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80235, USA.
Abstract:
We consider the ordered and disordered dynamics for monolayers of rolling self-interacting particles modeling water molecules. The rolling constraint represents a simplified model of a strong, but rapidly decaying bond with the surface. We show the existence and nonlinear stability of ordered lattice states, as well as disturbance propagation through and chaotic vibrations of these states. We study the dynamics of disordered gas states and show that there is a surprising and universal linear connection between distributions of angular and linear velocity, allowing definition of temperature.
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