Workshop on Topology: Identifying Order in Complex Systems
Towards a Covariant Theory of Coarsening via Emergent Symmetries
The scaling symmetries of both static and dynamic critical phenomena naturally yield associated power laws and scaling functions. Going beyond simple scalings, we reveal how general emergent symmetries control the coarsening statistics of non-equilibrium phase ordering systems. In particular, we discover that a supersymmetric-Lorentzian-Parabolic symmetry group G governs the surface statistics of a class of non-equilibrium, nano-faceting crystal growth models.
Date & Time
April 03, 2013 | 4:30pm – 5:30pm
Location
David Rittenhouse Laboratory, A8Speakers
Stephen Watson
Affiliation
University of Glasgow
Categories
Notes
(joint with Math Department)