{
  "id": "cond-mat/0107134",
  "version": "v3",
  "published": "2001-07-06T11:58:52.000Z",
  "updated": "2002-09-02T15:32:47.000Z",
  "title": "Equilibrium Distribution of the Inherent States and their Dynamics in Glassy Systems and Granular Media",
  "authors": [
    "Annalisa Fierro",
    "Mario Nicodemi",
    "Antonio Coniglio"
  ],
  "comment": "revised and improved version including new results on a 3D hard-spheres model; 4 pages, 4 figures",
  "journal": "Europhys. Lett. 59 (5), 642 (2002)",
  "doi": "10.1209/epl/i2002-00173-x",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech",
    "cond-mat.dis-nn"
  ],
  "abstract": "The present paper proposes a Statistical Mechanics approach to the inherent states of glassy systems and granular materials, following the original ideas developed by Edwards for granular materials. Two lattice models, a diluted Spin Glass and a system of hard-spheres under gravity, introduced in the context of glassy systems and granular materials, are evolved using a ``tap dynamics'' analogous to that of experiments on granular materials. The asymptotic macrostates, reached by the system, are shown to be described by a single thermodynamical parameter, and this parameter to coincide with the temperature, called the ``configurational temperature'', predicted assuming that the distribution among the inherent states satisfies the principle of maximum entropy.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v3",
      "updated": "2002-09-02T15:32:47.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "glassy systems",
      "equilibrium distribution",
      "granular materials",
      "granular media",
      "inherent states satisfies"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 4,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}