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We introduce and simulate a two-dimensional Edwards-style model of granular matter at vanishing pressure. The model incorporates some of the effects of gravity and friction, and exhibits a random loose packing density whose standard deviation vanishes with increasing system size, a phenomenon that should be verifiable for real granular matter.
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Research of the second named author was supported in part by NSF Grant DMS-0700120.
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Aristoff, D., Radin, C. Random Loose Packing in Granular Matter. J Stat Phys 135, 1–23 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10955-009-9722-4
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