SPIN-MODELS OF GRANULAR COMPACTION: FROM ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS TO RANDOM GRAPHS

Johannes Berg and Anita Mehta
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Johannes Berg: Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, 34100 Trieste, Italy
Anita Mehta: S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Block JD Sector III, Salt Lake, Calcutta 700 098, India

Advances in Complex Systems (ACS), 2001, vol. 04, issue 04, 309-319

Abstract: We discuss two athermal types of dynamics suitable for spin-models designed to model repeated tapping of a granular assembly. These dynamics are applied to a range of models characterized by a 3-spin Hamiltonian aiming to capture the geometric frustration in packings of granular matter.

Keywords: Granular matter; spin models; glassy systems; disordered systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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