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The physics of complex systems : proceedings of the International School of Physics «Enrico Fermi» : course CXXXIV : Varenna on Lake Como, Villa Monastero, 9-19 July 1996 / edited by F. Mallamace and H.E. Stanley.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" (1996 July 9-19 : Varenna, Italy)
- Series:
- International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi." Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" ; course 134.
- Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", 0074-784X ; course 134
- International School of Physics “Enrico Fermi”
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fluctuations (Physics)--Congresses.
- Fluctuations (Physics).
- Mesoscopic phenomena (Physics)--Congresses.
- Mesoscopic phenomena (Physics).
- Nonlinear theories--Congresses.
- Nonlinear theories.
- Self-organizing systems--Congresses.
- Self-organizing systems.
- Stochastic processes--Congresses.
- Stochastic processes.
- System theory--Congresses.
- System theory.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (802 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Washington, DC : IOS Press, 1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume focuses on the area of the physics of complex systems and provides both an overview of the field and more detailed examination of those topics within the field that are currently of greatest interest to researchers. The properties of complex systems play an important role in a variety of different and overlapping areas in physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and technology. The research field of complex systems is very broad, but this volume attempts to be comprehensive. This book is a useful reference work for researchers in this area, whether graduate students or advanced aca
- Contents:
- ""Title Page""; ""Indice""; ""Preface""; ""Gruppo fotografico dei partecipanti al Corso""; ""Introduction to the Enrico Fermi Course on the Physics of Complex Systems""; ""Introduction""; ""Scaling and universality in physics""; ""The Ising model and its ""variants""""; ""Random site percolation on a lattice, and its variants""; ""The Laplace equation and its variants""; ""Other complex physical systems in which ""order propagates""""; ""Scale invariance in the biological and social sciences""; ""Outlook""; ""Granular matter""; ""Powders: examples and difficulties""
- ""Statics: silos and heaps""""Janssen equilibrium in silos (fig. 1)""; ""Weight distribution below a heap""; ""Static: the effects of randomness""; ""Channels of force""; ""The carbon paper experiment""; ""A scalar model for local transmission""; ""Predictions in a mean field approximation""; ""Correlations""; ""Scalar vs. vector models""; ""Macroscopic elasticity of compressed powders""; ""Hertzian contacts""; ""Other models""; ""Rough grain surfaces and plastic deformations""; ""Mirage effects""; ""Surface flows""; ""Relevant variables""; ""Coupled equations""; ""Examples of steady flows""
- ""Filling a silo""""An (idealized) rotating drum""; ""Transients""; ""Uphill waves""; ""Triangular profiles""; ""Onset of avalanches""; ""Spinodal growth ""in situ""""; ""Nucleation models""; ""Two types of dynamical scenarios""; ""Slowly rotating drums""; ""Another scenario""; ""Choosing the scenario""; ""Concluding remarks""; ""Patterns generation and competition in nonequilibrium optical media: a case study for complexity""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I. Complexity and model building""; ""Complexity vs. complex systems""; ""Complexity of symbolic sequences""
- ""A dynamical approach to complexity""""An adaptive measurement procedure""; ""PART II. Pattern formation and competition in nonlinear optics""; ""Complexity and patterns""; ""A pedagogical approach to patterns""; ""Experimental results""; ""Optical crystals and quasi-crystals""; ""Competition and coexistence of optical patterns""; ""The theoretical model""; ""Summary and outlook""; ""Long-tailed distributions and non-Brownian transport in complex systems""; ""Introduction""; ""Fractal time""; ""Slow relaxations""; ""Fractal space processes""; ""Non-linear dynamics""
- ""Brownian motion in confined media: spatial and hydrodynamic constraints""""Introduction""; ""Potential wells-spatial constraints""; ""Potential wells created by external fields""; ""Potential wells imposed by mechanical obstacle""; ""Hydrodynamic constraints near solid obstacles""; ""Brownian diffusion parallel to the walls""; ""Brownian diffusion perpendicular to the walls""; ""Modeling a Brownian walker with a space-dependent diffusion constant""; ""Dewetting""; ""General aims""; ""The air/solid interface""; ""The hydrodynamic model""; ""Coating processes""; ""Dewetting by dry patches""
- ""Rubber/solid interfaces""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61499-219-3
- OCLC:
- 862074667
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