Mathematical Physics Seminar
Rutgers University
Hill Center, Room 705

December Schedule

Organized by: Joel L. Lebowitz
lebowitz@math.rutgers.edu






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Please join us for coffee and cookies in the kitchen of Hill 705 at 11:45am every Thursday before seminar

Speaker: L. Bertini, University of Rome
Date/Time/Place: Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, 12:00pm, Hill 705
Title: Macroscopic theory for stationary nonequilibrium states
Abstract: On the basis of the analysis carried out for nonequilibrium stationary states of stochastic lattice gases, we formulate a macroscopic theory for the thermodynamic description of driven diffusive systems. This theory relies on the local equilibrium assumption and on the validity of a local Einstein relation. Equilibrium states are then characterized by the vanishing of the current in the stationary density profile. We briefly discuss the so-called ABC model and its peculiarities.

There will a brown bag lunch from 1-2pm


Speaker: I.M. Sigal, University of Toronto
Date/Time/Place: Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, 2:00pm, Hill 705
Title: mathematical questions related to the Gross-Pitaevskii equation
Abstract: In this talk I will review some recent results about the Gross-Pitaevskii equation and related equations appearing in the theory of Bose-Einstein condensation. I will also state open problems in this subject.

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See you next semester.

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