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Absorbing-State Transitions in Granular Materials Close to Jamming.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Cates, Michael E 

Abstract

We consider a model for driven particulate matter in which absorbing states can be reached both by particle isolation and by particle caging. The model predicts a nonequilibrium phase diagram in which analogs of hydrodynamic and elastic reversibility emerge at low and high volume fractions respectively, partially separated by a diffusive, nonabsorbing region. We thus find a single phase boundary that spans the onset of chaos in sheared suspensions to the onset of yielding in jammed packings. This boundary has the properties of a nonequilibrium second order phase transition, leading us to write a Manna-like mean field description that captures the model predictions. Dependent on contact details, jamming marks either a direct transition between the two absorbing states, or occurs within the diffusive region.

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Keywords

cond-mat.soft, cond-mat.soft

Journal Title

Phys Rev Lett

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Journal ISSN

0031-9007
1079-7114

Volume Title

124

Publisher

American Physical Society (APS)

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All rights reserved
Sponsorship
European Research Council (740269)
Royal Society (RP170002)
ERC, Royal Society, Pembroke College