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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 95, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.018001
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We introduce an experimental method to crystallize ensembles of non-Brownian spheres confined in narrow containers. The method is based on programed vibrations and a cooling procedure (annealing). Starting with a granular gas, the system slowly relaxes into a solid ordered structure: Body-centered-tetragonal and face-centered-cubic single crystals are obtained depending on the dimensions of the capillaries. Dry and lubricated beads behave differently, indicating that a sticking coefficient between the particles is important in the dynamics of the crystallization.
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