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So much for the jamming point

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The concept of an evolving jamming density explains a multitude of mechanisms in granular matter. Simulations of systems with friction now consolidate this notion and highlight that the jamming point is a variable that can move in various ways whenever the system is deformed.

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Figure 1: Schematic of granular- and soft-matter density regimes, below and above the jamming density, for three different types of materials.

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