The jamming scenario - an introduction and outlook

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The jamming scenario of disordered media, formulated about 10 years ago, has in recent years been advanced by analyzing model systems of granular media.

• This has led to various new concepts that are increasingly being explored in in a variety of systems.
• This chapter contains an introductory review of these recent developments and provides an outlook on their applicability to different physical systems and on future directions.
• The first part of the paper is devoted to an overview of the findings for model systems of frictionless spheres, focussing on the excess of low-frequency modes as the jamming point is approached.