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29 March 2024
 
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Low-energy non-linear excitations in sphere packings
Edan Lerner ; Gustavo Düring ; Matthieu Wyart ;
Date 16 Feb 2013
AbstractWe study theoretically and numerically how hard frictionless particles in random packings can rearrange. We demonstrate the existence of two distinct unstable non-linear modes of rearrangement, both associated with the opening and the closing of contacts. Mode one, whose density is characterized by some exponent { heta}’, corresponds to motions of particles extending throughout the entire system. Mode two, whose density is characterized by an exponent { heta} != { heta}’, corresponds to the local buckling of a few particles. Mode one is shown to yield at a much higher rate than mode two when a stress is applied. We show that the distribution of contact forces follows P(f) f^{min({ heta}’,{ heta})}, and that imposing that the packing cannot be densified further leads to the bounds {gamma} >= 1/(2+{ heta}’) and {gamma} >= (1-{ heta})/2, where {gamma} characterizes the singularity of the pair distribution function g(r) at contact. These results extend the theoretical analysis of [M. Wyart, Phys. Rev. Lett 109, 125502 (2012)] where the existence of mode two was not considered. We perform numerics that support that these bounds are saturated with {gamma} approx 0.38, { heta} approx 0.17 and { heta}’ approx 0.44. We measure systematically the stability of all such modes in packings, and confirm their marginal stability. The principle of marginal stability thus allows to make clearcut predictions on the ensemble of configurations visited in these out-of-equilibrium systems, and on the contact forces and pair distribution functions. It also reveals the excitations that need to be included in a description of plasticity or flow near jamming, and suggests a new path to study two-level systems and soft spots in simple amorphous solids of repulsive particles.
Source arXiv, 1302.3990
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