Karen E Daniels and Robert P Behringer J. Stat. Mech. (2006) P07018 doi:10.1088/1742-5468/2006/07/P07018
Karen E Daniels1,2 and Robert P Behringer1
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We describe experiments on monodisperse spherical particles in an annular cell geometry, vibrated from below and sheared from above. This system shows a freezing/melting transition such that under sufficient vibration a crystallized state is observed, which can be melted by sufficient shear. We characterize the hysteretic transition between these two states, and observe features reminiscent of both a jamming transition and critical phenomena.
64.70.D- Solid–liquid transitions
82D30 Random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses)
Issue 07 (July 2006)
Received 22 May 2006, accepted for publication 13 June 2006
Published 31 July 2006
Karen E Daniels and Robert P Behringer J. Stat. Mech. (2006) P07018
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