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Geometrical cluster ensemble analysis of random sphere packings
Authors:Wouterse A  Philipse A P
Affiliation:Van't Hoff Laboratory for Physical and Colloid Chemistry, Debye Institute, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands. a.wouterse@chem.uu.nl
Abstract:We introduce a geometric analysis of random sphere packings based on the ensemble averaging of hard-sphere clusters generated via local rules including a nonoverlap constraint for hard spheres. Our cluster ensemble analysis matches well with computer simulations and experimental data on random hard-sphere packing with respect to volume fractions and radial distribution functions. To model loose as well as dense sphere packings various ensemble averages are investigated, obtained by varying the generation rules for clusters. Essential findings are a lower bound on volume fraction for random loose packing that is surprisingly close to the freezing volume fraction for hard spheres and, for random close packing, the observation of an unexpected split peak in the distribution of volume fractions for the local configurations. Our ensemble analysis highlights the importance of collective and global effects in random sphere packings by comparing clusters generated via local rules to random sphere packings and clusters that include collective effects.
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