Instabilities and Nonequilibrium Structures V

Thirty-three lectures and seminars presented at the Fifth International Workshop on Instabilities and Nonequilibrium Structures, Santiago, Chile, December 1993. The contributors offer research findings in a variety of subjects related to non-linear physics including a review of the coexistence of locally stable spatio-temporal patterns, their reactions and the transitions between them. Other topics of special interest elucidate specific work being done in instabilities and pattern formation, stochastic effects in nonlinear systems, and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics and granular matter. Includes illustrations and equations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Part I: Review Articles. Transitions between Spatio- Temporal Patterns in Non Equilibrium Systems; D. Walgraef. Galilean and Relativistic Nonlinear Wave Equations: An Hydrodynamic Tool?; M. Abid, et al. Part II: Instabilities and Pattern Formation. Chaotically Induced Defect Diffusion; P. Coullet, K. Emilsson. Pattern Formation and Phase Turbulence in the Transverse Section of Lasers; G. Juyet, S. Rica. Long Wavelength Oscillatory Instability in Binary Fluids; T. Clude, et al. Multiple Front Propagation in a Potential Non-Gradient System; M. San Miguel, et al. Pattern Selection and Diffusive Instability; M.F. Hilali, et al. Monotonic Fronts of the Reaction-Diffusion Equation in One Space Dimension; R.D. Benguria, M.C. Depassier. Poiseuille Flux of Hard Particles: Theory and Simulations; D. Risso, P. Cordero. Stationary Convection Due to Resistivity and Viscosity in a Cylindrical Plasma with a Free Boundary; L. Gomberoff. Ginzburg-Landau Equation for Oscillatory Convection in Oldroyd-B Fluids; J. Martinez-Mardones, et al. Laser Model with Periodic External Injected Signal and Noise: Small Net Gain Limit; R.C. Buceta, et al. Flow Transitions in Rayleigh-Benard Convection: Influence of Heating Rate; R. Hernandez. Part III: Stochastic Effects. Noise Induced Phase Transitions; J.M.R. Parrondo, C. van den Broeck. Competitive Coexistence in Biological Systems: Exact Analytical Results Through a Quantum Mechanical Analogy; H.S. Wio, et al. Effects of Disorder on Reaction- Diffusion Systems: An Analytical Approach; M.A. Rodriguez. Concerning the Noise Strength in Periodically Driven Pattern Convection; M.O. Cáceres. Quasi- Stationary Distribution and Gibbs Measure of Expanding Systems; P.Collet, et al. Detailed Balance and Reversed Process for Macroscopic Systems; F. Barra, et al. Part IV: Statistical Mechanics and Applications. Substantial Irreversibility in Quantum Cosmology; M. Castagnino, et al. Generalized Spectral Decomposition for a Class of One-Dimensional Chaotic Maps; D.J. Driebe, H.H. Hasegawa. Two Photon Micromaser: From Trapping to Ideal Squeezed States; M. Orzag, et al. Thermodynamic Instabilities in Quantum Liquids; E.S. Hernandez. Construction of Hamiltonian Structures for Dynamical Systems from Scratch; S.A. Hojman. Part V: Granular Matter. A Visit of Granular Matter; E. Guyon, J.P. Troadex. A Dissipative Model for Parametric Waves in Granular Materials; E. Cerda, F. Melo. Simple Models for Fragmentation; G. Hernández, et al. Part VI: Short Communications. Chaos and Three-Frequency Resonances in a Dynamical System; S. Blanco, et al. Shape Transition in a Two-Dimension System of Bubbles; V.A. Kuz. Nonlinear Behavior and Trapped Dynamics in the Micromaser; E. Lazo, et al. Analytical Study of the Codimension two Bifurcations of the New Lorenz System; A.C. Sicardo Schifino, C. Masoller. A New Basis of Wavelets for Studying Three Periodic Attractors; A. Figliola, E. Serrano. Trehalose in Solution and Its Interaction with Water and Biological Structures. Molecular Dynamics Simulation; M.C. Donnamaria, J.R. Grigera. Subject Index.