Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2011-01-06
Journal of Applied Physics 109, 013508 (2011)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
19 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.3524489
We show for the first time that collectively jammed disordered packings of three-dimensional monodisperse frictionless hard spheres can be produced and tuned using a novel numerical protocol with packing density $\phi$ as low as 0.6. This is well below the value of 0.64 associated with the maximally random jammed state and entirely unrelated to the ill-defined ``random loose packing'' state density. Specifically, collectively jammed packings are generated with a very narrow distribution centered at any density $\phi$ over a wide density range $\phi \in [0.6,~0.74048\ldots]$ with variable disorder. Our results support the view that there is no universal jamming point that is distinguishable based on the packing density and frequency of occurence. Our jammed packings are mapped onto a density-order-metric plane, which provides a broader characterization of packings than density alone. Other packing characteristics, such as the pair correlation function, average contact number and fraction of rattlers are quantified and discussed.
Jiao Yangxiu
Stillinger Frank H.
Torquato Sal
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