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Random sequential adsorption (RSA) models have been studied due to their relevance to deposition processes on surfaces. The depositing particles are represented by hard-core extended objects; they are not allowed to overlap. Numerical Monte…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-07-12 P. Nielaba , V. Privman , J. -S. Wang

The local structure of disordered jammed packings of monodisperse spheres without friction, generated by the Lubachevsky-Stillinger algorithm, is studied for packing fractions above and below 64%. The structural similarity of the particle…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-04 Sebastian C. Kapfer , Walter Mickel , Klaus Mecke , Gerd E. Schröder-Turk

The densest local packing (DLP) problem in d-dimensional Euclidean space Rd involves the placement of N nonoverlapping spheres of unit diameter near an additional fixed unit-diameter sphere such that the greatest distance from the center of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-18 A. B. Hopkins , F. H. Stillinger , S. Torquato

The probability of finding a spherical cavity or "hole" of arbitrarily large size in typical disordered many-particle systems in the infinite-size limit (e.g., equilibrium liquid states) is non-zero. Such "hole" statistics are intimately…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-05-25 G. Zhang , F. H. Stillinger , S. Torquato

Kinetics of random sequential adsorption (RSA) of spheres on flat, two-dimensional surfaces is governed by a power law with exponent $-1/2$. The study has shown that for RSA of nearly spherically symmetric particles this exponent is $-1/3$,…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-03-14 Michał Cieśla , Jakub Barbasz

The maximally random jammed (MRJ) state is the most random configuration of strictly jammed (mechanically rigid) nonoverlapping objects. MRJ packings are hyperuniform, meaning their long-wavelength density fluctuations are anomalously…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-12-11 Charles Emmett Maher , Yang Jiao , Salvatore Torquato

The properties of the number of iterations in random sequential adsorption protocol needed to generate finite saturated random packing of spherically symmetric shapes were studied. Numerical results obtained for one, two, and three…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-12-21 Michał Cieśla

We carry out a numerical study of the spinless modular bootstrap for conformal field theories with current algebra $U(1)^c \times U(1)^c$, or equivalently the linear programming bound for sphere packing in $2c$ dimensions. We give a more…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-15 Nima Afkhami-Jeddi , Henry Cohn , Thomas Hartman , David de Laat , Amirhossein Tajdini

We present an analytical derivation of the volume fractions for random close packing (RCP) in both $d=3$ and $d=2$, based on the same methodology. Using suitably modified nearest neigbhour statistics for hard spheres, we obtain…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-01-13 Alessio Zaccone

This paper provides the currently best known upper bound on the density of a packing in three-dimensional Euclidean space of two types of spheres whose size ratio is the largest one that allows the insertion of a small sphere in each…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2025-05-21 Thomas Fernique , Daria Pchelina

Motivated by the search for best lattice sphere packings in Euclidean spaces of large dimensions we study randomly generated perfect lattices in moderately large dimensions (up to d=19 included). Perfect lattices are relevant in the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-05-30 Alexei Andreanov , Antonello Scardicchio

We study two-dimensional random sequential adsorption (RSA) of flat polygons and rounded squares aligned in parallel to find a transition in the asymptotic behavior of the kinetics of packing growth. Differences in the kinetics for RSA of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-05-31 Michał Cieśla , Piotr Kubala , Aref Abbasi Moud

The Random Sequential Adsorption (RSA) problem holds crucial theoretical and practical significance, serving as a pivotal framework for understanding and optimizing particle packing in various scientific and technological applications. Here…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-04-09 G Palacios , A M S Macêdo , Sumanta Kundu , M A F Gomes

Irreversible adsorption of objects of different shapes and sizes on Euclidean, fractal and random lattices is studied. The adsorption process is modeled by using random sequential adsorption (RSA) algorithm. Objects are adsorbed on one-,…

We show that in any $d$-dimensional real normed space, unit balls can be packed with density at least \[\frac{(1-o(1))d\log d}{2^{d+1}},\] improving a result of Schmidt from 1958 by a logarithmic factor and generalizing the recent result of…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2025-04-23 Carl Schildkraut

Hard spheres are ubiquitous in condensed matter: they have been used as models for liquids, crystals, colloidal systems, granular systems, and powders. Packings of hard spheres are of even wider interest, as they are related to important…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2015-03-13 Giorgio Parisi , Francesco Zamponi

Obtaining general relations between macroscopic properties of random assemblies, such as density, and the microscopic properties of their constituent particles, such as shape, is a foundational challenge in the study of amorphous materials.…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-05-05 Yoav Kallus

We study the problem of high-dimensional multiple packing in Euclidean space. Multiple packing is a natural generalization of sphere packing and is defined as follows. Let $ N>0 $ and $ L\in\mathbb{Z}_{\ge2} $. A multiple packing is a set…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2022-11-10 Yihan Zhang , Shashank Vatedka

This research aims to provide the geometrical foundation of the uncertainty principle within a new causal structure of spacetime so-called Symmetrical Special Relativity (SSR), where there emerges a Lorentz violation due to the presence of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-10 Cláudio Nassif Cruz

Motivated by the recent observation of liquid glass in suspensions of ellipsoidal colloids, we examine the structure of (asymptotically) saturated RSA ellipse packings. We determine the packing fractions $\phi_{\rm s}(\alpha)$ to high…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-10-25 Pedro Abritta , Robert S. Hoy