
arXiv: 1807.01797
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.
crystalline phase, Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech), nucleation, granular matter, Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft), FOS: Physical sciences, Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics, Condensed Matter - Soft Condensed Matter, Disordered systems (random Ising models, random Schrödinger operators, etc.) in equilibrium statistical mechanics, Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics
crystalline phase, Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech), nucleation, granular matter, Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft), FOS: Physical sciences, Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics, Condensed Matter - Soft Condensed Matter, Disordered systems (random Ising models, random Schrödinger operators, etc.) in equilibrium statistical mechanics, Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics
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