MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME
Dresden, Germany
International Seminar on
Topological Defects in Non-Equilibrium Systems and Condensed Matter
June 14 to August 27, 1999
International Workshop on
Computer-Aided Analysis of Dynamical Structures and Defects
July 20 to 29, 1999
Lorenz Kramer | Len M. Pismen |
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University of Bayreuth | Technion |
Bayreuth, Germany | Haifa, Israel |
The aim of the program is to bring together scientists from the non-equilibrium physics community with those in equilibrium condensed matter physics community to discuss methods and tools of studies of dynamics of disordered media dominated by formation, motion and annihilation of topological defects. The applications include nonequilibrium patterns in fluid mechanical, chemical and nonlinear optical systems, as well as dynamics of superfluids, superconductors, liquid crystals and other ordered media. The scope may range from understanding the appearance, structure and dynamics of weakly disordered states to elucidating the role of different forms of vorticity in various strongly turbulent states, and understanding different forms of frozen disorder ("vortex glass") and relation between topological defects and other localised structures.
Preliminary list of invited speakers:
T. Arecchi | Firenze, Italy |
I. Aronson | Argonne, USA |
A. Bogdanov | Donetsk, Ukraine |
H. Brand | Bayreuth, Germany |
P. Coullet | Valbonne, France |
W. J. Firth | Glasgow, UK |
M. Kleman | Paris, France |
U. Klein | Linz-Auhof, Austria |
E. Knobloch | Berkeley, USA |
J. Lega | Tucson, USA |
M. San Miguel | Palma de Mallorca, Spain |
B. Matkowsky | Evanston, USA |
M. Monastyrsky | Moscow, Russia |
T. Nattermann | Köln, Germany |
A. Nepomnyashchy | Haifa, Israel |
W. Pesch | Bayreuth, Germany |
H. Pleiner | Mainz, Germany |
Y. Pomeau | Paris, France |
S. Rica | Paris, France |
H. Riecke | Evanston, USA |
T. Sluckin | Southampton, UK |
V. Steinberg | Rehovot, Israel |
H.-R. Trebin | Stuttgart, Germany |
M. Tribelsky | Fukuoka, Japan |
Applications for participation should be sent to the address below. Application forms are available upon request or on the conference web page. The workshop's registration fee is DM 150. Costs for accommodation and lunch will be covered by the Max-Planck-Institute. In exceptional cases, limited funding is available to partly cover travel expenses.
For further information and application forms please contact:
Visitors Program
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme,
Nöthnitzer Str. 38, D-01187 Dresden
Tel.: +49-351-871-2105 / Fax: +49-351-871-2199
canla@mpipks-dresden.mpg.de
http://www.mpipks-dresden.mpg.de/~canla/index.html