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The Statistical Physics of Athermal Materials
Dapeng Bi, Silke Henkes, Karen E. Daniels +1
At the core of equilibrium statistical mechanics lies the notion of statistical ensembles: a collection of microstates, each occurring with a given a priori probability that depend…
Entropic origin of stress correlations in granular materials
Gregg Lois, Jie Zhang, Trushant S. Majmudar +4
We study the response of granular materials to external stress using experiment, simulation, and theory. We derive an entropic, Ginzburg-Landau functional that enforces mechanical…
Entropy and Temperature of a Static Granular Assembly
Silke Henkes, Corey S. O'Hern, Bulbul Chakraborty
Granular matter is comprised of a large number of particles whose collective behavior determines macroscopic properties such as flow and mechanical strength. A comprehensive theory…
Jamming as a critical phenomenon: a field theory of zero-temperature grain packings
Silke Henkes, Bulbul Chakraborty
A field theory of frictionless grain packings in two dimensions is shown to exhibit a zero-temperature critical point at a non-zero value of the packing fraction. The zero-temperat…