Extreme events driven glassy behaviour in granular media

Details Extreme events driven glassy behaviour in granular media Extreme events driven glassy behaviour in granular media

2002-10-11

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0210263v1

Europhys. Lett. 61 (2003) 60

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

7 pages, to appear in Europhys. Lett

Scientific paper

10.1209/epl/i2003-00245-y

Motivated by recent experiments on the approach to jamming of a weakly forced granular medium using an immersed torsion oscillator [Nature 413 (2001) 407], we propose a simple model which relates the microscopic dynamics to macroscopic rearrangements and accounts for the following experimental facts: (1) the control parameter is the spatial amplitude of the perturbation and not its reduced peak acceleration; (2) a Vogel-Fulcher-Tammann-like form for the relaxation time. The model draws a parallel between macroscopic rearrangements in the system and extreme events whose probability of occurrence (and thus the typical relaxation time) is estimated using extreme-value statistics. The range of validity of this description in terms of the control parameter is discussed as well as the existence of other regimes.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Extreme events driven glassy behaviour in granular media does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Extreme events driven glassy behaviour in granular media, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Extreme events driven glassy behaviour in granular media will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-298239