More information: Alessio Zaccone, Explicit Analytical Solution for Random Close Packing in d=2 and d=3, Physical Review Letters (2022). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.028002. Bio: After receiving a PhD ...

The two leading candidates are hexagonal close-packed and body-centred cubic (bcc) crystal structures, but the dynamic and thermodynamic stability of bcc iron under inner-core conditions has been ...