Direct measurement of superdiffusive energy transport in disordered granular chains

Wave propagation is often nonlinear in character, yet the interplay between disorder and nonlinearity remains elusive. Kim et al. use experiments and corroborating numerical simulations to investigate this phenomenon and demonstrate superdiffusive energy transport in disordered granular chains.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Eunho Kim, Alejandro J. Martínez, Sean E. Phenisee, P. G. Kevrekidis, Mason A. Porter, Jinkyu Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03015-3