2008/02/04 by Steven Slotterback, Masahiro Toiya, Leonard Goff +2 · 3 citations
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Compaction #Composite material #Condensed matter physics #Geology #Geometry #Granular flow and fluidized beds #Granular material #Granular matter #Jamming #Magnetosphere particle motion #Material Dynamics and Properties #Materials science #Mechanics #Particle (ecology) #Physics #Powder Metallurgy Techniques and Materials #Supercooling #Thermodynamics #Voronoi diagram #cond-mat.soft
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.101.258001
4 pages, 6 Figures, to be submitted to PRL
arxiv created 2008/02/04 · openalex publication_date 2008/12/19 · arxiv updated 2013/05/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We track particle motions in a granular material subjected to compaction using a laser scattering-based imaging method where compaction is achieved through thermal cycling. Particle displacements in this jammed fluid correlate strongly with rearrangements of the Voronoi cells defining the local environment about the particles, similar to previous observations of Rahman on cooled liquids. Our observations provide further evidence of commonalities between particle dynamics in granular matter close to jamming and supercooled liquids.