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Stationary Probability Distribution in Granular Media

Antonio Coniglio, Annalisa Fierro, Mario Nicodemi

cond-matarXiv:cond-mat/0305175

Abstract

We discuss recent developments in the formulation of a Statistical Mechanics approach to non thermal systems, such as granular media. We review a few important numerical results on the assessment of Edwards' theory and, in particular, we apply these ideas to study a mean field model of a hard sphere binary mixture under gravity, which can be fully analytically investigated. As a consequence, we derive the rich phase diagram and predict the features of segregation patterns of the mixture.

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