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Glassy models for granular systems

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We briefly review some simple lattice models, introduced recently to study granular systems based on the similarities with glassy systems. The basic common ingredient, partially responsible for the complex behavior shown, is geometric frustration due to steric hindrance.

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  1. Instituto de Fí sica Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 91501-970 Porto Alegre RS – Brazil e-mail: arenzon@if.ufrgs.br, , , , , , BR

    Jeferson J. Arenzon

  2. Laboratoire de Physique de lÉcole Normale Supérieure de Lyon 46 Allée dItalie, 69007 Lyon – France e-mail: mauro.sellitto@enslapp.ens-lyon.fr, , , , , , FR

    Mauro Sellitto

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Received: 30 March 2000

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Arenzon, J., Sellitto, M. Glassy models for granular systems. Granular Matter 3, 57–61 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100350000058

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