%0 Book Section %1 statphys23_0514 %A Coniglio, A. %A Nicodemi, M. %A Ciamarra, M. Pica %B Abstract Book of the XXIII IUPAP International Conference on Statistical Physics %C Genova, Italy %D 2007 %E Pietronero, Luciano %E Loreto, Vittorio %E Zapperi, Stefano %K compactivity granular mechanics statistical statphys23 temperature topic-7 %T Statistical Mechanics of Dense Granular Media %U http://st23.statphys23.org/webservices/abstract/preview_pop.php?ID_PAPER=514 %X Recent experiments and simulations have corroborated the possibility of a statistical mechanics description of dense granular media. In this framework, the statistical properties of a granular system are summarised by few 'thermodynamic' parameters, and the properties of the granular system can in principle be obtained by solving the 'granular partition function'. I discuss the theoretical foundations, the experiments and the simulations which supports such a theoretical approach to granular media, and applications.

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