Thermodynamic approach to dense granular matter: a numerical realization of a decisive experiment
Soft Condensed Matter
2007-05-23 v2 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
Years ago Edwards proposed a thermodynamic description of dense granular matter, in which the grains (the `atoms' of the system) interact with inelastic forces. The approach is intriguing but is not justified from first principles, and hence, in the absence of conclusive tests of its validity, it has not been widely accepted. We perform a numerical experiment with a realistic granular matter model specially conceived to be reproducible in the laboratory. The results strongly support the thermodynamic picture.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0107163,
title = {Thermodynamic approach to dense granular matter: a numerical realization of a decisive experiment},
author = {Hernan A. Makse and Jorge Kurchan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0107163},
year = {2007}
}
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4 pages, 3 figures