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Universality of Random Close Packing? | | Randall D. Kamien
; Andrea J. Liu
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15 Jan 2007 | | Subject: | Statistical Mechanics; Soft Condensed Matter | | Abstract: | We link the thermodynamics of colloidal suspensions to the statistics of regular and random packings. Random close packing has defied a rigorous definition yet, in three dimensions, there is near universal agreement on the volume fraction at which it occurs. We conjecture that the common value of phi_rcp, approximately 0.64, arises from a divergence in the rate at which accessible states disappear. We relate this rate to the equation of state for a hard sphere fluid on a metastable, non-crystalline branch. | | Source: | arXiv, cond-mat/0701343 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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