期刊名称：GRANULAR MATTER
 期刊简介(About the journal)
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About the journal
A platform for communication among researchers of various disciplines who are involved in the basic research of granular media
Tracks contributions that further our understanding using modern tools from statistical mechanics
Helps to establish a common language and gather articles under one single roof that up to now have been spread over journals in a variety of fields
Although many phenomena observed in granular materials are still not yet fully understood, important contributions have been made to further our understanding using modern tools from statistical mechanics. These tools apply to disordered systems, phase transitions, instabilities or intermittent behavior and the performance of discrete particle simulations on the latest and most powerful computers. Until now, however, many of these results were only to be found scattered throughout the physics literature. Furthermore, physicists are often unaware of the theories and results published by engineers in more specialized technical journals.
The journal Granular Matter thus serves as a platform of communication among researchers of various disciplines who are involved in the basic research of granular media. It helps to establish a common language and gather articles under one single roof that up to now have been spread over many journals in a variety of fields.
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Journal article
Hamburger, C.: Quasimonotonicity, regularity and duality for nonlinear systems of partial differential equations. Ann. Mat. Pura. Appl. 169, 321–354 (1995)
Article by DOI
Sajti, C.L., Georgio, S., Khodorkovsky, V., Marine, W.: New nanohybrid materials for biophotonics. Appl. Phys. A (2007). doi:10.1007/s00339-007-4137-z
Book
Geddes, K.O., Czapor, S.R., Labahn, G.: Algorithms for Computer Algebra. Kluwer, Boston (1992)
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Broy, M.: Software engineering — from auxiliary to key technologies. In: Broy, M., Denert, E. (eds.) Software Pioneers, pp. 10–13. Springer, Heidelberg (2002)
Online document
Cartwright, J.: Big stars have weather too. IOP Publishing PhysicsWeb. http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/11/6/16/1 (2007). Accessed 26 June 2007
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Editorial Board
Robert P. Behringer
Duke University, Dept. of Physics
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Hans J. Herrmann
Rechnergestützte Physik der Werkstoffe
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Multi Scale Mechanics, TS, CTW, UTwente
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Tomaso Aste
The University of Kent
School of Physical Sciences
Canterbury
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Daniel Bideau
Equipe de Physique des Matériaux Désord.
Groupe de Physique Cristalline
Université de Rennes I
Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes, France
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Bernard Cambou
Ecole Centrale de Lyon
Méchanique des Solides
36,Av. Guy de Collongue
69131 Ecully Cedex, France
Charles Campbell
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1453, USA
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Eric Clement
PMMH-ESPCI
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75005 Paris, France
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Félix Darve
Laboratoire Sols Solides Structures
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Sam Edwards
Cavendish Laboratory
University of Cambridge
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G. Gudehus
Institut für Bodenmechanik und Felsmechanik
Universität Karlsruhe
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Hisao Hayakawa
Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics
Kyoto University
Kitashirakawa Oiwakecho
Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Christine Hrenya
University of Colorado at Boulder
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Heinrich Jaeger
James Franck Institute
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Antonio Castellanos Mata
Universidad de Sevilla
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Anita Mehta
S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
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Thorsten Pöschel
University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Engineering of Advanced Materials
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Germany
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Physics Department
The City College of New York
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Rutgers University
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Jacek Tejchman
Gdansk University of Technology
ul. Narutowicza 11/12
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Dietrich Wolf
Institut für Physik
Universität Duisburg-Essen
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Aibing Yu
University of New South Wales
School of Materials Science and Engineering
NSW 2052, Australia
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