Selected Recent Publications:

“The Packing of Granular Polymer Chains,” L.-N Zou, X. Cheng, M.L. Rivers, H.M. Jaeger, S.R. Nagel, Science, 326, 408-410 (2009).

“Thermal vestige of the zero-temperature jamming transition,”  Zexin Zhang, Ning Xu, Daniel T. N. Chen, Peter Yunker, Ahmed M. Alsayed, Kevin B. Aptowicz, Piotr Habdas, Andrea J. Liu, S.R. Nagel, & Arjun G. Yodh, Nature, 459 230-233 (2009).

“Myelin figures: the buckling and flow of wet soap”, L.-N Zou, Phys. Rev. E, 79, 061502 (2009).

“Formation of air bubbles during compaction of a granular pack,” X. Cheng, R. Smith, H. M. Jaeger, and S. R. Nagel, Phys. of Fluids 20, 123305 (2008).

“Memory-encoding vibrations in a disconnecting air bubble”, L. Schmidt, N.C. Keim, W.W. Zhang, and S.R. Nagel, Nature Physics, DOI: 10.1038/NPHYS1233, (2009).

"Excitations of Ellipsoid Packings near Jamming," Z. Zeravcic, N. Xu, A. J. Liu, S. R. Nagel and W. van Saarloos arXiv:0904.1558v1

“Normal modes in model jammed systems in three dimensions,” L. E. Silbert, A. J. Liu and S. R. Nagel, Phys. Rev. E 79, 021308 (2009).

“Energy transport in jammed sphere packings,” N. Xu, V. Vitelli, M. Wyart, A. J. Liu, S. R. Nagel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 038001 (2009).

“Energy transport in jammed sphere packings,” N. Xu, V. Vitelli, M. Wyart, A. J. Liu, S. R. Nagel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 038001 (2009).

“Myelin figures: the buckling and flow of wet soap”, L.-N Zou, arXiv:0903.4927v1, submitted to Phys. Rev. E.

“Temporal Force Fluctuations Measured by Tracking Individual Particles in Granular  Materials Under Shear,” E. I. Corwin, H. M. Jaeger and S. R. Nagel  Phys. Rev. E 77,  061308 (2008).

“Toward the zero surface tension limit in granular fingering instability,” X. Cheng, L.  Xu, A. Patterson, H. M. Jaeger and S. R. Nagel Nature Physics 4, 234 (2008).

“Coalescence in low-viscosity liquids,” S. C. Case and S. R. Nagel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 084503 1-4 (2008). 

“Granular Jets as a Classical Analog of RHIC Collisions,” X. Cheng, H. Jaeger and S.  Nagel RHIC News (online publication) http://www.bnl.gov/rhic/news/011508/  (January  15, 2008).

“Granular Flow in a Rapidly Rotated System with Fixed Walls,” E. I. Corwin, Phys. Rev. E 77, 031308 1-8 (2008).

“Normal Modes in Model Jammed Systems,” L. E. Silbert, A. J. Liu and S. R. Nagel. arXiv:0803.2696

“Energy transport in jammed sphere packings,” N. Xu, V. Vitelli, M. Wyart, A. J. Liu, S.  R. Nagel.  arXiv:0806.3265

“Spout States in the Selective Withdrawal of Immiscible Fluids through a Nozzle  Suspended above a Two-Fluid Interface,” S. C. Case and S. R. Nagel, Phys. Rev. Lett.  98, 114501 (2007).

“Excess Vibrational Modes and the Boson Peak in Model Glasses,” N. Xu, M. Wyart, A.  J. Liu and S. R. Nagel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 175502 (2007).

“Collective behavior in a granular jet: Emergence of a liquid with zero surface-tension,”  X. Cheng, G. Varas, D. Citron, H. M. Jaeger, and S. R. Nagel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99,  188001 (2007).

“The compressible spin glass: Simulation results,” A. H. Marshall, Phys. Rev. B 75, 054414 (2007).

“Liquid drop splashing on smooth, rough, and textured surfaces,” L. Xu, Phys. Rev. E 75, 056316 1-8 (2007).

“Splashing of liquids: Interplay of surface roughness with surrounding gas,” L. Xu, L.  Barcos, and S. R. Nagel Phys. Rev. E  76, 066311 1-5 (2007).

“Three-dimensional Shear in Granular Flow,” X. Cheng, J. B. Lechman, A. Fernandez- Barbero, G. S. Grest, H. M. Jaeger, G. S. Karczmar, M. E. Möbius, and S. R. Nagel,  Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 038001 1-4 (2006).

“Numerical studies of the compressible Ising spin glass,” A. H. Marshall, S. R. Nagel and

B. Chakraborty, Europhysics Lett. 74, 699-705 (2006).

“Stability and Growth of Single Myelin Figures,” L.-N. Zou and S. R. Nagel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 138301  1-4 (2006).

“Structural signatures of the unjamming transition at zero temperature,” L. E. Silbert, A.  J. Liu, and S. R. Nagel, Phys. Rev. E 73, 041304 1-8 (2006).

“Breakup of Air Bubbles in Water: Breakdown of Cylindrical Symmetry,”  N. C. Keim,  P. Møller, W. W. Zhang, and S. R. Nagel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 144503 (2006).

“Clustering instability in a freely falling granular jet,” M. E, Möbius, Phys. Rev. E  74, 051304 1-9 (2006).

“Geometric origin of excess low-frequency vibrational modes in weakly-connected

amorphous solids,” M. Wyart, S. R. Nagel, and T. A. Witten, Europhys. Lett., 72 (3),  486-492 (2005).

“Drop Splashing on a Dry Smooth Surface,” L. Xu, W. W. Zhang, and S. R. Nagel, Phys.  Rev. Lett. 94, 184505 1-4 (2005).

“Vibrations and diverging length scales near the unjamming transition,” L. E. Silbert, A.  J. Liu and S. R. Nagel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 098301  1-4 (2005).

“Structural signature of jamming in granular media,” E. I. Corwin, H. M. Jaeger, and S.  R. Nagel, Nature 435, 1075-1078 (2005).

“The Effect of Air on Granular Size Separation in a Vibrated Granular Bed,” M. E.  Möbius, X. Cheng, P. Eshuis, G. S. Karczmar, S. R. Nagel, and H. M. Jaeger, Phys. Rev.  E 72, 011304  1-13 (2005).

“Effects of compression on the vibrational modes of marginally jammed solids,” M.  Wyart, L. E. Silbert, S. R. Nagel and T. A. Witten, Phys. Rev. E 72, 051306 1-11 (2005).

“The Behavior of Granular Materials under Cyclic Shear,” N. W. Mueggenburg, Phys. Rev. E 71, 031301 1-10  (2005). 

“Effective temperatures in driven systems:  Static vs. time-dependent relations,”  C.  S. O'Hern, A. J. Liu, S. R. Nagel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 165702  (2004).

“Intruders in the Dust: Air-Driven Granular Size Separation,” M. E. Möbius,  X. Cheng,  G. S. Karczmar, S. R. Nagel, and H. M. Jaeger, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 198001 (2004).

“Stress transmission through three-dimensional granular crystals with stacking faults,”  M. J. Spannuth, N. W. Mueggenburg, H. M. Jaeger, S. R. Nagel, Granular Matter 6, 215- 219 (2004).

“Scaling and transition structure dependence on the fluid viscosity ratio in the selective withdrawal transition,” I. Cohen, Phys. Rev. E 70, 026302 1-11 (2004).