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We review some recent results on Statistical Mechanics approach to dense granular media. In particular, by analytical mean field investigation we derive the phase diagram of a monodisperse system. We show that “jamming” corresponds to a phase transition from a “.uid” to a “glassy” phase. The nature of such a “glassy” phase turns out to be the same found in mean field models for glass formers. This gives quantitative evidence to the idea of a unified description of the “jamming” transition in granular media and thermal systems, such as glasses.
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Coniglio, A., Fierro, A., de Candia, A., Nicodemi, M., Tarzia, M., Ciamarra, M.P. (2006). Jamming in Dense Granular Media. In: Miguel, M.C., Rubi, M. (eds) Jamming, Yielding, and Irreversible Deformation in Condensed Matter. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 688. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-33204-9_4
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