Thermodynamic approach to dense granular matter: a numerical realization of a decisive experiment

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2001-07-08

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0107163v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

4 pages, 3 figures

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Years ago Edwards proposed a thermodynamic description of dense granular matter, in which the grains (the `atoms' of the system) interact with inelastic forces. The approach is intriguing but is not justified from first principles, and hence, in the absence of conclusive tests of its validity, it has not been widely accepted. We perform a numerical experiment with a realistic granular matter model specially conceived to be reproducible in the laboratory. The results strongly support the thermodynamic picture.

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