MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT
FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME
DRESDEN, GERMANY
International Workshop and Seminar
on
MICROSCOPIC
CHAOS
AND TRANSPORT
IN MANY-PARTICLE
SYSTEMS
Workshop: August 12 - 17, 2002
Seminar: August 5 - 25, 2002
Scientific coordinators:
| Rainer Klages | Pierre Gaspard | Henk van Beijeren | J. Robert Dorfman |
| MPIPKS Dresden | Université Libre de Bruxelles | Utrecht University | University of Maryland |
| Germany | Belgium | Netherlands | USA |
Organization:
Mandy Stiegler (MPIPKS Dresden, Germany)
Chaos in the motion of atoms and molecules composing fluids has become an important topic in nonequilibrium physics. Analyzing the fractal properties of nonequilibrium steady states generated by microscopic chaos poses a fundamental problem to statistical physics and dynamical systems theory. One interesting aspect is to find relationships between characteristic quantities of chaos and transport properties, and to assess their validity.
The purpose of the workshop is to bring together international experts working at the forefront of research in this field. The aim is to establish fruitful syntheses of the various available concepts and methods, ranging from rigorous mathematical foundations of statistical physics to numerical and experimental results on microscopic properties of many-particle systems. The seminar will comprise a series of advanced lectures to provide some review and training in particular for young scientists, and to serve as a forum for more informal discussions.
Scientific key topics are:
Invited workshop speakers:
L.Bunimovich (Atlanta), N.I.Chernov (Birmingham), S.Ciliberto (Lyon),
E.G.D.Cohen (New York), N.Davidson (Rehovot), C.P.Dettmann (Bristol), W.Ebeling
(Berlin), G.Gallavotti (Rome), T.Geisel (Göttingen), P.Hänggi
(Augsburg), W.G.Hoover (Livermore), H.Kantz (Dresden), M.Mareschal (Brussels/Lyon),
G.Morriss (Sydney), H.A.Posch (Vienna), G.Radons (Chemnitz), L.Rondoni
(Torino), S.Tasaki (Tokyo)
Invited seminar speakers:
D.Alonso (Tenerife), P.Balint (Budapest), I.Claus (Brussels), Z.Kaufmann
(Budapest), Z.Kovacs (Budapest), L.Matyas (Dresden), T.Prosen (Ljubljana),
Th.Schreiber (Stuttgart), J.Vollmer (Mainz), A.de Wijn (Utrecht)
Applications are welcome and should be made by using the application form on the conference web page, however, the number of attendees is limited. The workshop's registration fee is EUR 100. Costs for accommodation and meals will be covered by the Max Planck Institute. In exceptional cases, limited funding for travel expenses is available.
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
chaotran@mpipks-dresden.mpg.de
http://www.mpipks-dresden.mpg.de/~chaotran
info about background picture
(2 transparencies from opening talk R.Klages)
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info about background picture
(Ph.D. thesis R.Klages)