Jamming as a topological satisfiability transition with contact number hyperuniformity and criticality

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Number 14, April 2026.
ImportanceIn liquids and gases, particles are uniformly distributed in space due to the lack of structural order. In contrast, particles in crystals are arranged in a “hyperuniform” manner, exhibiting long-range order with large-scale suppression…