An understanding of homogeneous nucleation of crystalline structure from a disordered medium such as a liquid remains an important unsolved problem in condensed matter physics. Guided by the results from a number of experiments on granular and colloidal systems in the past two decades, including in particular observations of homogeneous nucleation in colloidal and granular systems, we suggest an alternative to the statistical mechanics approach to static granular matter initiated by Edwards and Oakeshott in 1989.
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Department of Physics, Duke University, Box 90305, Durham, NC 27708-0305, United StatesDepartment of Physics, Duke University, Box 90305, Durham, NC 27708-0305, United States
Behringer, Robert P.
Herrmann, Hans J.
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Rechnergestützte Physik der Werkstoffe IfB, ETH Zürich, HIF E12 Schafmattstrasse, 8093 Zürich, SwitzerlandDepartment of Physics, Duke University, Box 90305, Durham, NC 27708-0305, United States
Herrmann, Hans J.
Luding, Stefan
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Multi Scale Mechanics, TS, UTwente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, NetherlandsDepartment of Physics, Duke University, Box 90305, Durham, NC 27708-0305, United States