Optimal packings of superballs

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Jiao, Y ^a   Stillinger, F H ^b   Torquato, S ^b,c  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAVAIS LATTICES; DENSE PACKING; EQUILIBRIUM PHASE BEHAVIOR; GLOBAL SYMMETRIES; GRANULAR MEDIA; HARD-PARTICLE PACKINGS; HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS; LOW TEMPERATURE PHASIS; NON-SPHERICAL; NONSPHERICAL SHAPES; OPTIMAL PACKING; PACKING DENSITY; PARTICLE SYSTEMS; ROTATIONAL SYMMETRIES; SPHERICAL SHAPE; STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS; THREE DIMENSIONS;

OPTIMIZATION; QUANTUM THEORY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 66049099790     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.79.041309     Document Type: Article

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