A brief introduction to granular media, with emphasis on the implications for the geometry of sphere packing.




An experiment on dilatancy:

M. Schröter, S. Nägle, C. Radin and H.L. Swinney, Europhys. Lett. 78 (2007), 44004



A theory of random close packing:

C. Radin, J. Stat. Phys. 131(2008) 567-573

D. Aristoff and C. Radin, preprint



Monte Carlo simulations of random loose packing:

D. Aristoff and C. Radin, J. Stat. Phys., 135(2009), 1-23



Some acoustic measurements:

T. Argo, M. Guild, P. Wilson, M. Schröter, C. Radin and H. Swinney, preprint