Universalities in Condensed Matter [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the Workshop, Les Houches, France, March 15–25,1988 /

I Geometrical Approaches -- Hierarchy of Line Defects in Structures -- Are There Universalities in Systems with Frustrated Local Order? -- Contribution to the Theory of Quasicrystal Approximants -- Beyond Quasiperiodicity: Scaling Properties of a Fourier Spectrum -- The Fibonacci Chain Quasicrystal: An Exact Decimation Approach -- II Critical Scaling -- Experimental Investigations of the Sol-Gel Transition -- Conformation, Connectivity and Mechanical Properties of Polycondensates Near the Gel Point -- Conformation and Dynamical Properties of Polymer Clusters in Concentrated Solution -- Percolation and Dispersive Conduction in Fluid-Saturated Porous Media -- Microscopic Observation of Critical Fluctuations: Fractal Aspects -- Some Static and Dynamic Results for Walks on the Lattice -- Problem of Universality in Phase Transitions in Low-Symmetry Systems -- Exact Critical Properties of Two-Dimensional Polymer Networks from Conformai Invariance -- A Hierarchical Schrödinger Operator -- Universality and Nonuniversality in Frustrated Smectics -- A Langevin Equation Approach to Sine-Gordon Soliton Diffusion with Application to Nucleation Rates -- Disorder, Frustration and Critical Exponents -- Universality Classes of Fluctuating Membranes -- Diffusion Fronts of Interacting Particles -- Static Scaling with Tc Positive, Null or Negative -- Magnetic Frustration and Pairing in Doped Lathanum Cuprate -- III Ramified Structures and Fractals -- On the Shape of Trees: Tools to Describe Ramified Patterns -- Scaling and Universality in Multifractal Growth Processes -- Theory of Fractal Growth -- The Hunt for Universality in Fracture -- Multifractal Viscous Fingering and Non-Newtonian Growth -- Scattering by Fractal Structures -- Capillary Aggregation at an Interface -- Kinetics of Aggregation in a Sheared Dispersion of Macroscopic Spheres -- Reaction-Limited Aggregation: Recent Simulation Results -- Cluster-Cluster Aggregation of Magnetic Particles -- Diffusion Limited Aggregation on the Torus -- Filtered Operators and Ultrametricity -- IV Anomalous Scaling Laws -- Random Multiplicative Processes and Multifractals -- Universal Properties of Multifractal Moments: Analogies with Critical Phenomena -- Multifractal Analysis in the Circle Map: Analogies with Critical Phenomena -- Correlations in Multifractals -- Bulk and Surface Exponents at the d=2 ?-Point -- Rough Surfaces: Scaling Theory and Universality -- Computer Simulation of Random Ballistic Deposition -- V Dynamical Systems and Turbulence -- Scaling Properties of Soft Thermal Turbulence in Rayleigh-Bénard Convection -- The Organization of Chaos by Periodic Orbits: Topological Universality of Complex Systems -- Some Results on Lyapunov Exponents for Products of Random Matrices -- Relevance of Classical Chaos in Quantum Mechanics -- Intermittency and Equilibrium Measures in Dynamical Systems -- Chaos in a Model of Random Neural Networks -- Phase Transitions on Strange Attractors and Fractal Aggregates -- Diffusion of Passive Scalars in Fluid Flows: Maps in Three Dimensions -- Gap Road: Main Properties -- Dynamics and Damage Spreading in Cooperative Systems: A Numerical Search for Universality -- Universality in Relaxation of Disordered Systems -- Index of Contributors.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Jullien, Remi. editor., Peliti, Luca. editor., Rammal, Rammal. editor., Boccara, Nino. editor., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1988
Subjects:	Physics., Thermodynamics., Condensed matter., Statistical physics., Dynamical systems., Mathematical Methods in Physics., Numerical and Computational Physics., Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity., Condensed Matter Physics.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-51005-2
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