Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 409857, 13 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/409857
Research Article

Can Drag Force Suppress Fermi Acceleration in a Bouncer Model?

Francys Andrews de Souza,1 Lucas Eduardo Azevedo Simões,1 Mário Roberto da Silva,2 and Edson D. Leonel2

1Departamento de Matemática, Instituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Avenida 24A, 1515, Bela Vista, 13506-900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
2Departamento de Estatística, Matemática Aplicada e Computação, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Avenida 24A, 1515, Bela Vista, 13506-900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil

Received 14 April 2009; Accepted 20 July 2009

Academic Editor: Alexander Loskutov

Copyright © 2009 Francys Andrews de Souza et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

How to Cite this Article

Francys Andrews de Souza, Lucas Eduardo Azevedo Simões, Mário Roberto da Silva, and Edson D. Leonel, “Can Drag Force Suppress Fermi Acceleration in a Bouncer Model?,” Mathematical Problems in Engineering, vol. 2009, Article ID 409857, 13 pages, 2009. doi:10.1155/2009/409857