Why is Random Close Packing Reproducible?

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dc.creatorKamien, Randall D.
dc.creatorLiu, Andrea J.
dc.date2007-01-15
dc.date2007-08-27
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:34:50Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:34:50Z
dc.descriptionWe link the thermodynamics of colloidal suspensions to the statistics of regular and random packings. Random close packing has defied a rigorous definition yet, in three dimensions, there is near universal agreement on the volume fraction at which it occurs. We conjecture that the common value of phi_rcp, approximately 0.64, arises from a divergence in the rate at which accessible states disappear. We relate this rate to the equation of state for a hard sphere fluid on a metastable, non-crystalline branch.
dc.description4 pages, 1 figure, formerly entitled "Universality of Random Close Packing?"
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0701343
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0701343
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. Lett. 99 (2007) 155501
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.155501
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/139572
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.subjectSoft Condensed Matter
dc.titleWhy is Random Close Packing Reproducible?
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