Geometric PDE Seminar

Half-Laplacian Problems Related to Crystal Dislocations

Dislocations are line defects in crystals, and can be modeled using non-local operators. In this talk we will consider a related reaction-diffusion equation with a half-Laplacian. We show that the limit dynamics is characterized by a system of ODEs describing the motion of particles with two-body interactions. This is joint work with R. Monneau.

Date & Time

April 07, 2009 | 2:00pm – 3:00pm

Location

S-101

Affiliation

Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain and Member, School of Mathematics

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