A tight squeeze

Henry Cohn
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Henry Cohn: Henry Cohn is at Microsoft Research New England, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA. cohn@microsoft.com

Nature, 2009, vol. 460, issue 7257, 801-802

Abstract: How can identical particles be crammed together as densely as possible? A combination of theory and computer simulations shows how the answer to this intricate problem depends on the shape of the particles.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1038/460801a

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