Unifying concepts in granular media and glasses. (2004)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by A. Coniglio [and others].
• Other Names: Coniglio, Antonio, 1940-
• Contents: Cover -- Preface -- Volume Contents -- Part I) Granular media -- The Properties of Jamming at Zero Temperature -- Acknowledgments -- References -- A Basis for the Statistical Mechanics of Granular Systems -- Introduction -- Classical Statistical Mechanics -- Statistical Mechanics for Jammed Matter -- The Classical Boltzmann Equation -- 'Boltzmann Approach' to Granular Matter -- References -- A Possible Experimental Test of the Thermodynamic Approach to Granular Media -- Introduction -- References -- Memory and Kovacs Effects in the Parking-lot Model: An Approximate Statistical-mechanical Treatment -- Introduction -- The Model and its Properties -- Statistical-mechanical Formalism with Two Thermodynamic Parameters -- Approximate Description of the Compaction Kinetics -- Memory and Kovacs Effects -- Conclusion -- References -- Statistical Mechanics of Jamming and Segregation in Granular Media -- Introduction -- Granular Media -- Approaches a la Edwards to Statistical Mechanics of Granular Media -- Lattice Models for Granular Media -- A Mean Field Study of Hard Spheres under Gravity on a Random Graph -- A Hard-sphere Binary Mixture under Gravity -- Conclusions -- References -- Granular Compaction -- Introduction -- Experimental Set-up -- Experimental Results on 1 mm Spheres -- Compaction of Anisotropic Granular Media -- Discussion -- Conclusion and Open Questions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Experiments in Randomly Agitated Granular Assemblies Close to the Jamming Transition -- Introduction -- Vibration of a 2D model Granular Assembly -- Compacting a 3D Granular Assembly -- An Oscillator in the Granular Matter -- Introduction -- Experimental -- Granular Liquid -- Granular Glass -- Discussion -- References -- Segregation Phases in a Vibrated Binary Granular Layer -- Introduction -- The Experiment -- Single Particle Motion -- Granular Segregation -- Segregation Phase Transition -- Binary Gas, Segregation Liquid and Segregation Crystal Phases -- Oscillatory States -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Shaken, not Stirred: why Gravel Packs Better than Bricks -- Introduction -- The Model: Definition and Ground States -- Zero-temperature Dynamics: (ir)Retrievability of Ground States -- Low-temperature Dynamics -- Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Part II) Thermal glassy systems -- On Pre-asymptotic Aging in Finite Dimensional Spin Glasses -- Introduction -- Definition of the Observables -- Results and Discussion -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Stimulated and Spontaneous Relaxation in Glassy Systems -- Introduction -- Adiabatic Relaxation -- Stimulated and Spontaneous Relaxation as the Origin of Intermittency -- Statistical (Microcanonical) Description of the Aging State -- The Oscillator Model (OM) -- Conclusions -- References -- Heterogeneities in the Dynamics of Supercooled Water -- Introduction -- Spatially Heterogeneous Dynamics -- Glass States in Dense Attractive Micellar Systems -- Introduction -- The System -- Experiments -- Results and Discussion -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- T$9.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Elsevier Science
• Publication Date: 2004
• Extent: 1 online resource (232 pages)
• Subjects: 620/.43; Granular materials -- Congresses; Spin glasses -- Congresses; Glass -- Congresses; Glass; Granular materials; Spin glasses; Conference papers and proceedings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080474687; 0080474683
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