Instruct: Identify the main and secondary category of Arxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: A possible experimental test of the thermodynamic approach to granular
  media   We study the steady state distribution of the energy of the
Sherrington-Kirkpatrick model driven by a tapping mechanism which mimics the
mechanically driven dynamics of granular media. The dynamics consists of two
phases: a zero temperature relaxation phase which leads the system to a
metastable state, then a tapping which excites the system thus reactivating the
relaxational dynamics. Numerically we investigate whether the distribution of
the energies of the blocked states obtained agrees with a simple canonical form
of the Edwards measure. It is found that this canonical measure is in good
agreement with the dynamically measured energy distribution. A possible
experimental test of the Edwards measure based on the study here is proposed.

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The categories of this paper are: solv-int
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The categories of this paper are: q-bio
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The categories of this paper are: chem-ph
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The categories of this paper are: cs
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The categories of this paper are: hep-ex
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The categories of this paper are: hep-lat
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The categories of this paper are: dg-ga
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The categories of this paper are: astro-ph
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The categories of this paper are: atom-ph
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The categories of this paper are: physics
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The categories of this paper are: bayes-an
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The categories of this paper are: quant-ph
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The categories of this paper are: funct-an
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The categories of this paper are: eess
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The categories of this paper are: hep-th
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The categories of this paper are: hep-ph