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Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

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Table of contents (29 entries)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. Complex Systems and Emergent Phenomena

    • Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen
    Pages 3-22
  3. Polymer Physics

    • T. C. B. McLeish
    Pages 23-54
  4. Fluid Dynamics in Clouds

    • S. Ravichandran, Jason R. Picardo, Samriddhi Sankar Ray, Rama Govindarajan
    Pages 121-143
  5. Collective Transport and Depinning

    • Lei-Han Tang
    Pages 145-163
  6. Disordered Elastic Media

    • Thierry Giamarchi
    Pages 165-189
  7. Glasses and Aging, A Statistical Mechanics Perspective on

    • Francesco Arceri, François P. Landes, Ludovic Berthier, Giulio Biroli
    Pages 229-296
  8. Stress Localization in Soft Particulate Gels

    • Emanuela Del Gado
    Pages 297-311
  9. Nonlinear Mechanics of Colloidal Gels: Creep, Fatigue, and Shear-Induced Yielding

    • Thomas Gibaud, Thibaut Divoux, Sébastien Manneville
    Pages 313-336
  10. Statistical Physics of the Yielding Transition

    • Kirsten Martens
    Pages 337-345
  11. Granular Flows

    • James W. Dufty
    Pages 347-364
  12. Statistical Mechanics of Clogging

    • I. Zuriguel, A. Garcimartín
    Pages 365-396
  13. Jamming of Granular Matter

    • Bulbul Chakraborty, Bob Behringer
    Pages 397-426
  14. Rigidity Percolation and Frictional Jamming

    • Silke Henkes, J. M. Schwarz
    Pages 427-448

About this book

This volume of the Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science, Second Edition, focuses on current challenges in the field from materials and mechanics to applications of statistical and nonlinear physics in the life sciences. Challenges today are mostly in the realm of non-equilibrium systems, although certain equilibrium systems also present serious hurdles. Where possible, pairwise articles focus on a single topic, one from a theoretical perspective and the other from an experimental one, providing valuable insights. In other cases, theorists and experimentalists have collaborated on a single article. Coverage includes both quantum and classical systems, and emphasizes 1) mature fields that are not covered in the current specialist literature, (2) topics that fall through the cracks in disciplinary journals/books, or (3) developing areas where the knowledge base is large and robust and upon which future developments will depend. The result is an invaluable resource for condensed matter physicists, material scientists, engineers and life scientists.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physics, Brandeis University, Waltham, USA

    Bulbul Chakraborty

About the editor

Bulbul Chakraborty is the Enid and Nate Ancell Professor of Physics at Brandeis University. Her research focuses on theory of soft condensed matter. She obtained her doctorate from Stony Brook University with a thesis on superconductivity. Her early work focused on strongly correlated electronic systems, including high Tc superconductors. Her recent research has focused on developing a statistical mechanics framework for granular media and other disordered systems that are non-thermal. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Physical Society.

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