Instabilities and Nonequilibrium Structures VI

I. Review Lectures.
A primer in classical turbulence theory.
Stochastic effects in physical systems.
II. Pattern Selection, Defects and Granular Matter.
Spatio-temporal intermittency in the spatial unfolding of Andronov’s Bifurcations.
Thermodynamics and dynamics of supersolids.
Large Amplitude Patterns in Bistable Reaction-Diffusion Systems.
Bénard Cell: A Centennial Puzzle.
A parametric oscillator in a highly viscous fluid.
Spiral waves and target waves in single cells.
Pattern Selection and Stability in Polymeric Fluid Convection.
Wavelength Selection of Spiral Waves in Liquid Crystals.
Surface Waves Scattering by a Vertical Vortex: A progress report.
Spreading of molecularly thin wetting films on solid interfaces.
Developable Cones and Crumpled Pap er: An experimental point of view.
Quantum Topological Defects and the Schwinger mechanism.
Imperfect Coagulation reaction A + A ? A: An analitical approach.
Mixing and Segregation in Granular Matter.
Pressure and Surface Dilation measurements in vibrated granular layers.
III. Stochastic Behavior and Statistical Mechanics.
Quantum Coherence and Decoherence by Spontaneous Emission in a Quantum Optical Realization of a Driven Pendulum.
Covariant Non-Linear Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and the Ergodic Theory of Stochastic and Quantum Flows.
Stochastic Inflation: A Semiclassical Approach.
Multifractal Behavior of a Fibonacci Crystal built over p coupled chains.
Stationary probability for systems presenting weak noise transitions.