July
6 - July 24, 2009: Nonequilibrium Statistical
Mechanics:
Fundamental Problems and Applications
Ching-Hwa Kiang (Rice University), Michel Pleimling (Virginia Tech), Beate Schmittmann (Virginia Tech),Uwe C. Täuber (Virginia Tech)
Site Coordinator: Leo Radzihovsky
The 2009 school will be devoted to the behavior of nonequilibrium systems and processes. The past decades have led to remarkable progress in the understanding of systems away from thermal equilibrium. A variety of novel phenomena emerges, and generally, stochastic fluctuations and intrinsic correlations tend to play a very significant role. Researchers in nonequilibrium statistical physics are poised to significantly contribute to the characterization and modeling of physical, chemical, and biological processes from macroscopic down to nanometer scales.
The goals of this school are twofold: First, to provide a pedagogical introduction and overview of the fundamentals and recent progress in nonequilibrium statistical physics for young researchers working in both theory and experiment, and second, to point out opportunities for fruitful future developments.
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List of 2009 expected lecturers and seminar speakers (T: Theory, E: Experiment) :
Nonequilibrium systems: introduction, classic models,
and recent developments
Royce K.P. Zia, Virginia Tech - Introduction: driven
diffusive lattice gases and mass transport models (T)
Sid Redner, Boston
University - Classic models in nonequilibrium statistical
physics (T)
Nonequilibrium work theorems and fluctuation relations
Chris Jarzynski, University
of Maryland - Nonequilibrium work relations (T)
Udo Seifert, University
of Stuttgart - Stochastic thermodynamics: theory
and experiments (T/E)
Ching-Hwa Kiang, Rice
University - Single-molecule manipulation experiments
of biological molecules (E)
Reaction-diffusion and interacting particle
systems
Daniel ben-Avraham, Clarkson
University - Reaction-diffusion models in one-dimension (T)
Ben Vollmayr-Lee, Bucknell
University - Field theory approach to diffusion-limited
reactions (T)
Nicholas Wschebor, Universidad de la República - Nonperturbative
renormalization group approach to nonequilibrium systems (T)
Erwin Frey, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich - Spatial
models in evolutionary game theory (T)
Nonequilibrium dynamics in magnets and semiconductors
Per Rikvold, Florida
State University - Dynamical phenomena in nanoscale
magnets (T)
Andrew Kent, New
York University - Spin dynamics in nanomagnets:
single molecule magnets and metal ferromagnets (E)
Michel Pleimling, Virginia
Tech - Aging phenomena in magnetic systems (T)
Dragana Popovic, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
- Nonequilibrium relaxation in Coulomb glasses
and near the metal-insulator transition (E)
Driven elastic systems and soft matter out
of equilibrium
Cristina Marchetti, Syracuse
University - Driven and active elastic media (T)
Steve Teitel, University
of Rochester - Driven granular systems and jamming (T)
Cynthia
Reichhardt, Los Alamos
National Lab - Driven colloids (T)
Topics Include:
The 2009 Boulder School in condensed matter physics
will be devoted to nonequilibrium systems (introduction,
classic models, and recent developments), nonequilibrium
work theorems and fluctuation relations, reaction-diffusion
and interacting particle systems, nonequilibrium
dynamics in magnets, driven elastic systems and soft
matter out of equilibrium: polymers, colloids, membranes.
| The Boulder Summer School in Condensed Matter and Materials Physics has been established to provide education for advanced graduate students and postdocs working in condensed matter physics, materials science and related fields. The goal is to enable students to work at the frontiers of science and technology by providing expert training not easily available within the traditional system of graduate education and postdoctoral apprenticeship. The School is supported by the National Science Foundation, with additional funding provided by the University of Colorado, and meets annually during July in Boulder, Colorado. |
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