Lubachevsky–Stillinger algorithm: Difference between revisions

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involves a contracting hard boundary of the container,

such as a piston pressing against the particles. The LSA is able to simulate just

such a scenario <ref>Boris D. Lubachevsky and Frank H. Stillinger, Epitaxial frustration in deposited packings of rigid disks and spheres. Physical Review E 70:44, 41604 (2004) http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/cond-mat/pdf/0405/0405650v5.pdf </ref>

<ref> Crystalline-Amorphous Interface Packings for Disks and Spheres, F. H. Stillinger and B. D. Lubachevsky, J. Stat. Phys. 73, 497-514 (1993)</ref> .

However,

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<ref> Unusually Dense Crystal Packings of Ellipsoids, A. Donev, F.H. Stillinger, P.M. Chaikin, and S. Torquato, Phys. Rev. Letters 92, 255506 (2004)</ref>

, causes thus modified LSA to slow down dramatically

<ref> http://www.pack-any-shape.com </ref> .

But as long as the shape is spherical,

the LSA is able to handle particle ensembles