Numerical test of the Edwards conjecture shows that all packings are equally probable at jamming

Martiniani, Stefano; Schrenk, K. Julian; Ramola, Kabir; Chakraborty, Bulbul; Frenkel, Daan

doi:10.1038/nphys4168

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Numerical test of the Edwards conjecture shows that all packings are equally probable at jamming

Author(s): Stefano Martiniani , K. Julian Schrenk , Kabir Ramola , Bulbul Chakraborty , Daan Frenkel

Publication date Created: June 26 2017

Publication date (Print): June 26 2017

Journal: Nature Physics

Publisher: Springer Nature

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Abstract

A decades-old proposal that all distinct packings are equally probable in granular media has gone unproven due to the sheer number of packings involved. Numerical simulation now demonstrates that it holds — precisely at the jamming threshold.