Response to Comment on “Long-Lived Giant Number Fluctuations in a Swarming Granular Nematic"

Narayan, V and Ramaswamy, S and Menon, N (2008) Response to Comment on “Long-Lived Giant Number Fluctuations in a Swarming Granular Nematic". In: Science, 320 (5876). 612d.

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Abstract

On the basis of experiments using monolayers of spherical grains, Aranson et al. suggest that the giant number fluctuations we observed in active granular rods may be explained by static inhomogeneity or inelastic clustering. We refute these alternative explanations and underline the evidence that the fluctuations originate in nematic ordering.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Science
Publisher:	American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to The American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	13 May 2008
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:44
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/13948

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