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Heterogeneities in Aging Models of Granular Compaction

Soft Condensed Matter 2010-05-12 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

Abstract

Kinetically constrained models (KCM) are systems with trivial thermodynamics but often complex dynamical behavior due to constraints on the accessible paths followed by the system. Exploring these properties, the Kob-Andersen (KA) model was introduced to study the slow dynamics of glass forming liquids and later extended to granular materials. In this last context, we present new results on the heterogeneous character of both in and out of equilibrium dynamics, further stretching the granular-glass analogy.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0609552,
  title  = {Heterogeneities in Aging Models of Granular Compaction},
  author = {Jeferson J. Arenzon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0609552},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

Final version appearing on the Proceedings of the IV Brazilian Meeting on Simulational Physics (Ouro Preto)