A first-order phase transition defines the random close packing of hard spheres

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 389, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 5362-5379

  Jin, Yuliang ^a   Makse, Hernn A ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Granular matter; Phase transitions; Random close packing

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

CRYSTALLINE ARRAYS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIRST-ORDER PHASE TRANSITIONS; GRANULAR MATTER; INTENSIVE VARIABLES; MACROSCOPIC QUANTITIES; OUT OF EQUILIBRIUM; RANDOM CLOSE PACKINGS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 77957751307     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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