Dynamics and Thermodynamics of systems with long range interactions: theory and experiments

Name: Dynamics and Thermodynamics of systems with long range interactions: theory and experiments
Start: 2007-07-04T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2007-07-08T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Assisi

4–8 Jul 2007

Assisi

Europe/Rome timezone

The theoretical scheme of statistical mechanics is a perfect tool to describe and predict equilibrium properties of many body systems where the interactions are of short range. If the interactions are of long range different problems arise such as: non existence of thermodynamic limit, nonequivalence of statistical ensambles, negative specific heats in the microcanonical ensemble. These problems originate from the lack of stability and temperedness typical of long range potentials. Similar problems are found in the statistical treatment of small systems, where the range of the interactions is comparable to the size of the systems.

Starts 4 Jul 2007, 08:00

Ends 8 Jul 2007, 18:00

Europe/Rome

Assisi

Piazza Porziuncola, 1 06088 Santa Maria degli Angeli - Assisi (PG) Italy

Alessandro Campa
Andrea Giansanti

International Advisory Committee E.G.D. Cohen - The Rockefeller University , N.York, USA T. Dauxois, ENS-Lyon, France R.S. Ellis, University of massachussets, Amherst, USA G. Morigi, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain D. Mukamel, The Weizmann Institute, Israel W.C. Saslaw, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA J. Sommeria, LEGI-Grenoble, France LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE F. Borgonovi, Università di Brescia, A. Campa, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, A. Giansanti, Università "Sapienza", Roma S. Ruffo, Università di Firenze F. Sylos Labini, Centro Enrico Fermi, Roma G. Turchetti, Università di Bologna LOCAL SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIAT Mrs. Fernanda Lupinacci - Dipartimento di Fisica Università "Sapienza" Roma