Fig 2: Average opening time vs length tau vs N
Fig3: Survival probability F(z) vs z N=48 N=64 N=85 N=115 N=150 N=200 N=273
Fig4,5: Survival probability F(z) vs z All N
Theory: F(z) See also figure captions in the paper:
Knots and Random Walks in Vibrated Granular Chains
E. Ben-Naim, Z.A. Daya, P. Vorobieff, and
R.E. Ecke
Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1414 (2001).
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