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Organizers: Stefano Zapperi (SMC/INFM
and La Sapienza, Roma) and Mikko Alava (Nordita and HUT, Helsinki) as part
of the
ESF
Programme
on Statistical
Physics of Glassy and Non-Equilibrium Systems (SPHINX)
The depinning of elastic objects is a typical example of a non-equilibrium
phase transition, and has been widely studied
in the past decades. The combination of external drive, elasticity
and quenched disorder gives rise to several intriguing phenomena,
such as scaling, roughening and avalanche-like dynamics. They are also
prime examples of glassy behavior, with aging,
hysteresis and boundary effects readily observable.
Understanding the depinning transition represents an important challenge
for a theorist and several tools and methods have been put
forward in the recent past. Beside the theoretical interest, the problem
has important applications. Many experimental systems displaying this
behavior have been reported in the literature: vortex ensembles
in superconductors, cracks in solids,
dislocations in crystals, contact lines, magnetic domain walls, and
many more.
In this workshop the emphasis is threefold: i) recent theoretical progress
is summarized, ii) new applications are included and iii)
experimentalists outline the current situation in their respective
subfields.
Invited speakers that have accepted: Nattermann,
Giamarchi, Doussal, Marchetti (preliminary), Raphael,, Krauth,
Lubeck, Zaiser, Dube, E. Bouchaud,
Bonn, Durin, Wijngaarden, Kes.
Mikko Alava and
Stefano Zapperi
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