Ergodic-nonergodic transition in tapped granular systems: The role of persistent contacts

Static granular packs have been studied in the last three decades in the frame of a modified equilibrium statistical mechanics that assumes ergodicity as a basic postulate. The canonical example on which this framework is tested consists in the series of static configurations visited by a granular c...

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Main Authors: Paula A. Gago, Diego Maza, Luis A. Pugnaloni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Papers in Physics 2016-01-01
Series:Papers in Physics
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Online Access:http://www.papersinphysics.org/index.php/papersinphysics/article/view/279/pdf279