Glass transition in granular media

Details Glass transition in granular media Glass transition in granular media

2003-09-26

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0309612v2

Europhysics Letters 66, XXX (2004)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

7 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1209/epl/i2004-10015-y

In the framework of schematic hard spheres lattice models for granular media we investigate the phenomenon of the ``jamming transition''. In particular, using Edwards' approach, by analytical calculations at a mean field level, we derive the system phase diagram and show that ``jamming'' corresponds to a phase transition from a ``fluid'' to a ``glassy'' phase, observed when crystallization is avoided. Interestingly, the nature of such a ``glassy'' phase turns out to be the same found in mean field models for glass formers.

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