Equivalence between random close packing in granular matter and freezing in the hard sphere model
Soft Condensed Matter
2021-07-06 v2 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
The notion of random close packings of a bulk static collection of ball bearings or sand grains was introduced in the 1960's by G.D. Scott and J.D. Bernal. There have been numerous attempts to understand the packings. We give a short argument, based on recent experiments and simulations, which explains the packings in purely geometric terms.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2105.09982,
title = {Equivalence between random close packing in granular matter and freezing in the hard sphere model},
author = {Charles Radin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.09982},
year = {2021}
}