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Glassy dynamics in granular compaction: sand on random graphs

Johannes Berg, Anita Mehta

cond-mat.dis-nnarXiv:cond-mat/0108225

Abstract

We discuss the use of a ferromagnetic spin model on a random graph to model granular compaction. A multi-spin interaction is used to capture the competition between local and global satisfaction of constraints characteristic for geometric frustration. We define an athermal dynamics designed to model repeated taps of a given strength. Amplitude cycling and the effect of permanently constraining a subset of the spins at a given amplitude is discussed. Finally we check the validity of Edwards' hypothesis for the athermal tapping dynamics.

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