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Physics of Complex Systems and Statistical Mechanics

Faculty of Sciences | Physics

(Code: ULB492)

► Nonlinear dynamics, chaos theory and complex systems

F.R.S.-FNRS et Fonds associés (hors FRIA) - Fonds associés (toutes subventions, y compris la Loterie Nat.) - Actions concertées - Autres U.E..

Mechanisms of emergence of complex behavior in systems under nonequilibrium constraints.  Homoclinic bifurcations, theory of normal forms, spatio-tempo ...

► Statistical mechanics and microscopic chaos

F.R.S.-FNRS et Fonds associés (hors FRIA) - Fonds associés (toutes subventions, y compris la Loterie Nat.) - Actions concertées.

Ergodic and spectral properties, analysis of the Liouville and Frobenius-Perron operators describing the time evolution of probability densities.  Rela ...

► Fluctuation theory and stochastic processes

F.R.S.-FNRS et Fonds associés (hors FRIA) - FRIA - Fonds associés (toutes subventions, y compris la Loterie Nat.) - Actions concertées - Autres U.E..

Fluctuations around non-equilibrium states.  Fluctuation theorem for currents.  Onsager reciprocity relations and generalizations.  Role of fluctuation ...

► Nucleation and crystallization

Fonds associés (toutes subventions, y compris la Loterie Nat.) - Actions concertées - Autres U.E..

Density functional theory in fluids and solids.  Nucleation free energy.  Simulations by molecular dynamics and kinetic Monte Carlo methods.  Crystalli ...

► Nonlinear and stochastic phenomena in nanosciences

F.R.S.-FNRS et Fonds associés (hors FRIA) - FRIA - Fonds associés (toutes subventions, y compris la Loterie Nat.) - Actions concertées.

Nonequilibrium nanosystems.  Friction in sliding carbon nanotubes.  Stochastic modelling of molecular motors.  Fluctuation theorem.  Surface diffusion. ...

► Quantum reactivity of surfaces

Actions concertées.

Calculation of surface properties with electronic density functional theory.  Modeling of adsorption, desorption, and reaction processes on solid surfa ...

► Quantum dynamical systems

F.R.S.-FNRS et Fonds associés (hors FRIA) - FRIA - Fonds associés (toutes subventions, y compris la Loterie Nat.) - Actions concertées.

Semiclassical quantization methods of chaotic systems.  Periodic-orbit theory and expansions in powers of the Planck constant.  Statistical aspects of  ...