Ebook: Nonequilibrium Cooperative Phenomena in Physics and Related Fields

This volume contains the lectures and invited seminars pre­ sented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on NON-EQUILIBRIUM COOPERATIVE PHENOMENA IN PHYSICS AND RELATED FIELDS that was held at EL ESCORIAL (MADRID), SPAIN, on August 1-11, 1983. Most nonlinear problems in dissipative systems, i . e . , most mathematical models in SYNERGETICS are highly trans disciplinary in practice and the list of lecturers and participants at the ASI reflects this di versi ty both in background and interest. The presentation of the material fell into two main categories: tutopia~ Zectures on some basic ideas and methods, both experimental and theoretical, intended to lay a common base for all participants, and a series of more specific lectures and seminars, serving the purpose of exemplying selected but typical applications in their current state of development. Topics were chosen for their basic interest as well as for their potential for applications (laser, hydrodynamics, liquid crystals, EHD, combustion, thermoelasticity, etc. ). We had more seminars and some of the oral presentations were supported or complemented with 16 mm films and on occasion with experimental demonstrations including a special seminar, a social one on broken symmetries in Art and Music. There is here no record of these non-standard acti vi ties. We had, indeed, quite a heavy load for which I was fully responsible. However, the reader and, above all, the participants at the ASI ought to be aware of the fact that in Spain, with.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Synergetics....Pages 1-23
Phase Transition Analogies: Magnets, Lasers and Fluid Flows....Pages 25-35
Collective Phenomena in Quantum Optics....Pages 37-71
Optical Bistability and Related Topics....Pages 73-102
Laser with Intracavity Absorber: Q-Switching, Multistable Nonlinear Oscillations and Chaos....Pages 103-115
Non-Linear Operation of CO2 Lasers with Intracavity Saturable Absorbers....Pages 117-135
Structurally Stable Bifurcations in Optical Bistability....Pages 137-143
Allowed Nuclear Beta Decay in an Intense Laser Field....Pages 145-178
Thermohydrodynamic Instabilities: Buoyancy-Thermocapillary Convection....Pages 179-196
Thermohydrodynamic Instability in Nematic Liquid Crystals: A Summary of Arguments and Conditions for Some Simple Geometries....Pages 197-205
Neutron Scattering Studies of Phase Transitions in Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Systems....Pages 207-221
Electrothermal Instabilities in Dielectric Liquids....Pages 223-233
Electrohydrodynamic Instabilities in Nematics with Homeotropic Boundaries....Pages 235-240
Gyrotactic Buoyant Convection and Spontaneous Pattern Formation in Algal Cell Cultures....Pages 241-248
Experimental Investigations of Precipitation Patterns....Pages 249-257
Optical Diagnosis in Flows — Application — Experiments in Combustion....Pages 259-289
Theory of Gaseous Combustion....Pages 291-338
Bifurcation in Heterogeneous Combustion....Pages 339-348
Thermoelasticity and Mechanical Instabilities....Pages 349-361
Non-Equilibrium Effects Seen in Molecular Dynamics Calculations of Shock Waves in Solids....Pages 363-370
Current Topics in Reaction-Diffusion Systems....Pages 371-411
Discrete Nonlinear Dynamics....Pages 413-435
Deterministic Diffusion — A Quality of Chaos....Pages 437-453
Stochastic Space-Time Problems....Pages 455-471
Stochastic Theory of Transition Phenomena in Nonequilibrium Systems....Pages 473-503
Nonequilibrium Systems with Random Control Parameters....Pages 505-511
Non-White Noise Triggered Oscillations in a Nonlinear Chemical Proccess....Pages 513-522
About Some Simple Fokker-Planck Models....Pages 523-528
Dynamics of Symmetry Breaking: Phase Coherence in Finite and Random Systems....Pages 529-544
Back Matter....Pages 545-569

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Synergetics....Pages 1-23
Phase Transition Analogies: Magnets, Lasers and Fluid Flows....Pages 25-35
Collective Phenomena in Quantum Optics....Pages 37-71
Optical Bistability and Related Topics....Pages 73-102
Laser with Intracavity Absorber: Q-Switching, Multistable Nonlinear Oscillations and Chaos....Pages 103-115
Non-Linear Operation of CO2 Lasers with Intracavity Saturable Absorbers....Pages 117-135
Structurally Stable Bifurcations in Optical Bistability....Pages 137-143
Allowed Nuclear Beta Decay in an Intense Laser Field....Pages 145-178
Thermohydrodynamic Instabilities: Buoyancy-Thermocapillary Convection....Pages 179-196
Thermohydrodynamic Instability in Nematic Liquid Crystals: A Summary of Arguments and Conditions for Some Simple Geometries....Pages 197-205
Neutron Scattering Studies of Phase Transitions in Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Systems....Pages 207-221
Electrothermal Instabilities in Dielectric Liquids....Pages 223-233
Electrohydrodynamic Instabilities in Nematics with Homeotropic Boundaries....Pages 235-240
Gyrotactic Buoyant Convection and Spontaneous Pattern Formation in Algal Cell Cultures....Pages 241-248
Experimental Investigations of Precipitation Patterns....Pages 249-257
Optical Diagnosis in Flows — Application — Experiments in Combustion....Pages 259-289
Theory of Gaseous Combustion....Pages 291-338
Bifurcation in Heterogeneous Combustion....Pages 339-348
Thermoelasticity and Mechanical Instabilities....Pages 349-361
Non-Equilibrium Effects Seen in Molecular Dynamics Calculations of Shock Waves in Solids....Pages 363-370
Current Topics in Reaction-Diffusion Systems....Pages 371-411
Discrete Nonlinear Dynamics....Pages 413-435
Deterministic Diffusion — A Quality of Chaos....Pages 437-453
Stochastic Space-Time Problems....Pages 455-471
Stochastic Theory of Transition Phenomena in Nonequilibrium Systems....Pages 473-503
Nonequilibrium Systems with Random Control Parameters....Pages 505-511
Non-White Noise Triggered Oscillations in a Nonlinear Chemical Proccess....Pages 513-522
About Some Simple Fokker-Planck Models....Pages 523-528
Dynamics of Symmetry Breaking: Phase Coherence in Finite and Random Systems....Pages 529-544
Back Matter....Pages 545-569
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