Unifying Concepts in Granular Media and Glasses: From the Statistical Mechanics of Granular Media to the Theory of Jamming

by Antonio Coniglio (Editor), Annalisa Fierro (Editor), HansJ.Herrmann (Editor), Mario Nicodemi (Editor)

• New

  Hardcover
  2004

  $157.25

  Deep connections are emerging in the physics of non-thermal systems, such as granular media, and other complex systems such as glass formers, spin glasses, colloids or gels. This book discusses the unifying physical theories for the description of these systems.