89th STATISTICAL MECHANICS CONFERENCE
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, HILL CENTER, ROOM 114
SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY, MAY 18-20, 2003
Conference Program
SUNDAY - MAY 18, 2003
8:00 - 9:00
Coffee, Rolls, Juice, and Registration
9:00 - 9:20
N.G. van Kampen, Utrecht University, N.G.vanKampen@phys.uu.nl
Down with Langevin
9:20 - 9:40
J. R. Dorfman,
Univeristy of Maryland, jrd@ipst.umd.edu
Generalizing the Boltzmann Equation - the Contributions
of Eddie Cohen
9:40 - 10:00
T. R. Kirkpatrick, University of Maryland,
theodore_r_kirkpatrick@umail.umd.edu
Logarithmic Terms in the Density Expansion of the Transport
Coefficients: A System Where They Can be Computed and Observed
10:00 - 10:20
M. H. Ernst, University of Utrecht, m.h.ernst@phys.uu.nl
The Molasses Tails Revisited
10:20 - 10:40
H. van Beijeren, Utrecht University, H.vanBeijeren@phys.uu.nl
Small Lyapunov Exponents and Collective Modes in Hard
Sphere Systems
10:40 - 11:10
Coffee
11:10 - 11:30
J.-P. Boon, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, jpboon@ulb.ac.be
The Ant and the Marathon: Temporal Diffusion
11:30 - 11:50
A. G. Hunt, NSF, ahunt@nsf.gov
Equilibration and Percolation in Unsaturated Natural
Porous Media. Analogue to an Ideal Glass Transition?
11:50 - 12:30
M. Feigenbaum, Rockefeller University,
feigenb@rockvax.rockefeller.edu
Pattern Selection: Determined by Symmetry and Modifiable by Distant Effects
12:30 - 2:00
Lunch
2:00 - 2:20
S. Tanveer, Ohio State University, tanveer@math.ohio-state.edu
Is There a Selection of Hele-Shaw Fingers in a
Zero-Surface-Tension Finite-Fluid Model?
2:20 - 2:40
B. Alder, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
alder1@llnl.gov
Instability Onset in Fluid Flows
2:40 - 3:00
J. V. Sengers, University of Maryland,sengers@ipst.umd.edu
Thermal Nonequilibrium Fluctuations in Fluid
Layers below the Convective Rayleigh-Benard Instability
3:00 - 3:20
S. Putterman, UCLA, puherman@ritva.physics.ucla.edu
Spontaneous Energy Focusing Phenomena vs Local Equilibrium in
Statistical Mechanics
3:20 - 3:40
R. Ziff, University of Michigan, rziff@umich.edu
More on the Lattice Lorentz Gas and Percolation Cluster Hulls
3:40 - 4:10
Coffee
4:10 - 4:30
H. Weiss, Penn State Univeristy, weiss@math.psu.edu
The Dynamics of Schelling-Type Segregation Models
4:30 - 4:50
L. Bunimovich, Georgia Tech, bunimovh@math.gatech.edu
Kinematics, Equilibrium and Shape
4:50 - 5:10
Y. Sinai, Princeton University, sinai@math.princeton.edu
Dynamical Aspects of the Problem of Adiabatic Piston
5:10 - 5:50
J. Gollub, Haverford College, jgollub@haverford.edu
Shear-Induced Ordering, Hard Spheres, and Dynamics of
a 3D Granular Fluid
6:00
COCKTAIL PARTY IN HONOR OF E.G.D. COHEN's 80th BIRTHDAY
PIANO RECITAL BY NEDA NAVAEE
Beethoven: Sonata op. 28
Schubert:
Wanderer-Fantasie c. major
SPONSORED BY KLUWER ACADEMIC/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
ALL ARE INVITED
7:45
BANQUET DINNER IN HONOR OF E.G.D. COHEN's 80th BIRTHDAY
(Reservations Required)
MONDAY - MAY 19, 2003
8:00 - 9:00
Coffee, Rolls, Juice, and Registration
9:00 - 10:30
Short Talks, Session A
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 11:40
M.E. Fisher, University of Maryland
Reflections on the Beguiling but Wayward Spherical Model
11:40 - 12:40
SESSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL RESPOSIBILITIES OF SCIENTISTS
Renee C. Fox, Annenberg Professor Emerita of the Social
Sciences of the University of Pennsylvania, rcfox@ssc.upenn.edu
Moral Dilemmas of Medical
Humanitarian and Human Rights Witnessing Action: A Sociological Case Study
of Médecins Sans Frontières
E. Chudnovsky, Lehman College, chudnov@alpha.lehman.cuny.edu
The Situation in Cuba - A Report on a Recent Visit
12:40 - 2:00
Lunch
2:00 - 2:20
R. Fox, Georgia Tech,
ron.fox@physics.gatech.edu
"Momentary" State Analysis of Multiphoton Processes
2:20 - 2:40
Y. Gefen, Weizmann Institute,
fngefen@weizmann.weizmann.ac.il
What Is Quantum about Quantum Noise?
2:40 - 3:00
R. Livi,
University of Florence, livi@fi.infn.it
Anomalous Transport in Low-Dimension
3:00 - 3:20
D. Evans,
Australian National University,
evans@rsc.anu.edu.au
The Fluctuation Theorem - Theory and Experiment
3:20 - 3:50
Coffee
3:50 - 4:10
L. Rondoni,
Politecnico di Torino, rondoni@polito.it
Equivalence of Nonequilibrium Ensembles? One Example
4:10 - 4:30
R. Rechtman, UNAM, Mexico, rrs@teotleco.cie.unam.mx
Simple Maps and Complex Phenomena
4:30 - 4:50
S. Ruffo, University of Florence, ruffo@avanzi.de.unifi.it
Quasi-Stationary States in Systems of Globally Coupled Rotators
4:50 - 5:30
H. Swinney, University of Texas, swinney@chaos.ph.utexas.edu
Scaling in Rotating Fluid Turbulence
5:30 - 6:00
A. Levelt Sengers, NIST, anneke@tiber.nist.gov
Phase Separation in Helium-Containing Mixtures, 1906
and Beyond
6:00 - 8:00
Cocktails and Dinner
8:00
ROUND TABLE on: The Boltzmann Equation and Its
Descendents: Past, Present, and Future
Participants will include Eddie Cohen, Joel L. Lebowitz
and many many others
TUESDAY - MAY 20, 2003
8:15 - 8:50
Coffee, Rolls, Juice, and Registration
8:50 - 10:00
Short talks, Session B
10:00 - 10:20
M. Pettini, National Institute of Astrophysics, and
National Institute for the Physics of Matter, Florence, Italy,
pettini@arcetri.astro.it
A Topological Approach to Phase Transitions
10:20 - 10:50
Coffee
10:50 - 11:30
K. Binder, University of Mainz, kurt.binder@uni-mainz.de
The Interface Localization Transition in a Double
Wedge Geometry: A New Type of Critical Behavior
11:30 - 11:50
B. Widom, Cornell University, widom@wisteria.chem.cornell.edu
Adsorption at Lines of Three-Phase Contact
11:50 - 12:10
M. Nauenberg, University of California, Santa Cruz,
michael@mike.ucsc.edu
Evolution of Radiation towards Thermal Equilibrium: a
Soluble Model Illustrating the Foundations of
Statistical Mechanics
12:10 - 12:30
M. Lipkin, Amer. Stk. Exchange, mike.katama@worldnet.att.net
On the Pinning of Optionable Stocks, a Langevin
Equation Approach
12:30 - 1:50
Lunch
1:50 - 2:10
C. Dettmann, University of Bristol, UK,
carl.dettmann@bristol.ac.uk
Fractal Asymptotics
2:10 - 2:30
F. Bonetto, Georgia Tech,federico.bonetto@roma1.infn.it
Some Properties of the SRB Measure for Coupled Arnold
Cat Maps on a Lattice
2:30 - 2:50
R. van Zon, Rockefeller University, vanzonr@rockefeller.edu
Work and Heat Fluctuations of a Brownian Particle in a
Moving Harmonic Potential
2:50 - 3:10
L. Rey-Bellet, University of Massachussets, lr7q@math.umass.edu
The Gallavotti-Cohen Fluctuation Theorem in Open Systems
3:10 - 3:30
H. Posch, University of Vienna, posch@ls.exp.univie.ac.at
Large-System Phase-Space Dimensionality Loss in Stationary Heat Flows
Coffee