edited by Cristel Chandre (CNRS, France), Xavier Leoncini (Aix-Marseille Université, France), & George Zaslavsky (New York University, USA)

Table of Contents (108k)
Preface (218k)
Chapter 1: Out-of-Equilibrium Phase Transitions in Mean-Field Hamiltonian Dynamics (1,064k)

This book aims to provide the readers with a wide panorama of different aspects related to Chaos, Complexity and Transport. It consists of a collection of contributions ranging from applied mathematics to experiments, presented during the CCT'07 conference (Marseilles, June 4–8, 2007). The book encompasses different traditional fields of physics and mathematics while trying to keep a common language among the fields, and targets a nonspecialized audience.

• Theory:
  • Out-of-Equilibrium Phase Transitions in Mean-Field Hamiltonian Dynamics (S Ruffo et al.)
  • Chaotic Geodesics (J-L Thiffeault & K Kamhawi)
  • Wave Condensation (S Rica)
• Applications: Plasma and Fluids:
  • Experimental Studies of Advection-Reaction-Diffusion Systems (T H Solomon et al.)
  • Intermittency Scenario of Transition to Chaos in Plasma (D G Dimitriu & S A Chiriac)
  • On the Complexity of the Neutral Curve of Oscillatory Flows (M Wadih et al.)
• Applications: Others:
  • The Formation of Spiral Arms and Rings in Barred Galaxies (M Romero-Gómez et al.)
  • Wave Chaos and Ghost Orbits in an Underwater Sound Channel (D V Makarov et al.)
  • Nodal Pattern Analysis for Conductivity of Quantum Ring in Magnetic Field (M Tomiya et al.)
  • and other papers