Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2010-09-02
Physical Review E 82, 051126 (2010)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
13 pages, 7 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.82.051126
The isostatic jamming limit of frictionless spherical particles from Edwards' statistical mechanics [Song \emph{et al.}, Nature (London) {\bf 453}, 629 (2008)] is generalized to arbitrary dimension $d$ using a liquid-state description. The asymptotic high-dimensional behavior of the self-consistent relation is obtained by saddle-point evaluation and checked numerically. The resulting random close packing density scaling $\phi\sim d\,2^{-d}$ is consistent with that of other approaches, such as replica theory and density functional theory. The validity of various structural approximations is assessed by comparing with three- to six-dimensional isostatic packings obtained from simulations. These numerical results support a growing accuracy of the theoretical approach with dimension. The approach could thus serve as a starting point to obtain a geometrical understanding of the higher-order correlations present in jammed packings.
Charbonneau Patrick
Jin Yuliang
Meyer Samuel
Song Chaoming
Zamponi Francesco
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