Is Random Close Packing of Spheres Well Defined?

by: S Torquato, TM Truskett, PG Debenedetti

Physical Review Letters, Vol. 84, No. 10. (6 March 2000), 2064.

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Abstract

Despite its long history; there are many fundamental issues concerning random packings of spheres that remain elusive; including a precise definition of random close packing (RCP). We argue that the current picture of RCP cannot be made mathematically precise and support this conclusion via a molecular dynamics study of hard spheres using the Lubachevsky-Stillinger compression algorithm. We suggest that this impasse can be broken by introducing the new concept of a maximally random jammed state; which can be made precise.

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TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1676564 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1676564 TI - Is Random Close Packing of Spheres Well Defined? JF - Physical Review Letters VL - 84 IS - 10 SP - 2064 PB - American Physical Society N2 - Despite its long history; there are many fundamental issues concerning random packings of spheres that remain elusive; including a precise definition of random close packing (RCP). We argue that the current picture of RCP cannot be made mathematically precise and support this conclusion via a molecular dynamics study of hard spheres using the Lubachevsky-Stillinger compression algorithm. We suggest that this impasse can be broken by introducing the new concept of a maximally random jammed state; which can be made precise. KW - glasses AU - Torquato, S AU - Truskett, TM AU - Debenedetti, PG PY - 2000/03/06/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.2064 ER -

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