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Memory Effects in Granular Material

Christophe Josserand, Alexei Tkachenko, Daniel M. Mueth, Heinrich M. Jaeger

cond-mat.mtrl-sciarXiv:cond-mat/0002401

Abstract

We present a combined experimental and theoretical study of memory effects in vibration-induced compaction of granular materials. In particular, the response of the system to an abrupt change in shaking intensity is measured. At short times after the perturbation a granular analog of aging in glasses is observed. Using a simple two-state model, we are able to explain this short-time response. We also discuss the possibility for the system to obey an approximate pseudo-fluctuation-dissipation theorem relationship and relate our work to earlier experimental and theoretical studies of the problem.

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