Why is Random Close Packing Reproducible?

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2007-01-15

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0701343v2

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 (2007) 155501

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

4 pages, 1 figure, formerly entitled "Universality of Random Close Packing?"

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.155501

We link the thermodynamics of colloidal suspensions to the statistics of regular and random packings. Random close packing has defied a rigorous definition yet, in three dimensions, there is near universal agreement on the volume fraction at which it occurs. We conjecture that the common value of phi_rcp, approximately 0.64, arises from a divergence in the rate at which accessible states disappear. We relate this rate to the equation of state for a hard sphere fluid on a metastable, non-crystalline branch.

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