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Particulate Matter: Does Dimensionality Matter?
Workshop 31 May - 04 June 2010
Scientific Coordinators:
Patrick Charbonneau (Duke University, USA)
Karen Daniels (North Carolina State University, USA)
Matthias Schröter (MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Germany)
Organisation:
Claudia Poenisch (MPI für Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden, Germany)
Colloids, granular materials, foams, hard spheres, and emulsions all provide insight into longstanding questions surrounding glass formation, packing, the role of confinement, and jamming. While only 2D and 3D systems are studied experimentally, theoretical investigations in higher dimensions help compare the statics and dynamics of corresponding phenomena. The aim of this workshop is to use the contrasts and similarities between these different dimensions and systems to identify root causes that are otherwise difficult to disentangle, and suggest novel lines of study.
Invited participants (* to be confirmed):
| T. Aste (UK) | H. Makse (USA) | B. Tighe (Netherlands) |
| C. Bechinger (Germany) | N. Medvedev (Russia) | A. Tordesillas (Australia) |
| R. Behringer (USA) | A. Mehta (India) | S. Torquato * (USA) |
| R. Blumenfeld (UK) | K. Miyazaki (Japan) | T. Truskett (USA) |
| J. Brujic (USA) | R. Mosseri (France) | M. van Hecke (Netherlands) |
| H. Cohn (USA) | C. O'Hern (USA) | E. Weeks (USA) |
| A. Coniglio (Italy) | C. Radin (USA) | E. Zaccarelli (Italy) |
| S. Glotzer * (USA) | P. Schall (Netherlands) | F. Zamponi (France) |
| J. Kurchan (France) | T. Schilling (Germany) | |
| H. Löwen (Germany) | M. Sperl (Germany) |
Applications are welcome and should be made by using the application form on the conference web page. However, please note that the number of attendees is very limited. The registration fee is 100 Euro, costs for accommodation and meals will be covered by the Max Planck Institute. In exceptional cases, limited funding for travel expenses is available. Please note that childcare is available upon request.
Deadline for registration is 20 March 2010.
For further information please e-mail to: pardim10
mpipks-dresden.mpg.de
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