Non reciprocal phase transitions
Non reciprocal phase transitions
- Event time: 3:00pm until 4:00pm
- Event date: 27th June 2023
- Speaker: Professor Vincenzo Vitelli (University of Chicago)
- Location: Online - see email.
Event details
The interaction between a peregrine falcon and a dove is visibly non-reciprocal. What happens to the well established framework of phase transitions in non-reciprocal systems far from equilibrium? In this talk, I will answer this question by looking at three archetypal classes of self-organization out of equilibrium: synchronization, flocking and pattern formation. Simple demonstrations with robots will be presented along with naturally occurring phenomena from various domains of science that share a common feature: reciprocity has no reason to exist. In all these cases, the emergence of unique time-dependent many-body phases can be captured by combining insights from non-Hermitian quantum mechanics and bifurcation theory. This approach is a step towards a general theory of critical phenomena in systems whose dynamics is not governed by a global optimization principle.
Event resources
About Statistical Physics and Complexity Group meetings
This is a weekly series of webinars on theoretical aspects of Condensed Matter, Biological, and Statistical Physics. It is open to anyone interested in research in these areas..
Find out more about Statistical Physics and Complexity Group meetings.