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Title: Coherence and chaos in extended dynamical systems

Conference ·
OSTI ID:10123856

Coherence, chaos, and pattern formation are characteristic elements of the nonequilibrium statistical mechanics controlling mesoscopic order and disorder in many-degree-of-freedom nonlinear dynamical systems. Competing length scales and/or time scales are the underlying microscopic driving forces for many of these aspects of ``complexity.`` We illustrate the basic concepts with some model examples of classical and quantum, ordered and disordered, nonlinear systems.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
10123856
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-95-687; CONF-9408218-1; ON: DE95007867
Resource Relation:
Conference: Summer school Verano on nonlinearity and disorder,Madrid (Spain),15-19 Aug 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1994]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English