Anomalous thermal relaxations - the (classical) Mpemba effects and related phenomena
Statistical Physics and Complexity Group meeting
Anomalous thermal relaxations - the (classical) Mpemba effects and related phenomena
- Event time: 3:00pm until 4:00pm
- Event date: 1st October 2024
- Speaker: Professor Oren Raz ( Weizmann Institute)
- Location: Online - see email invite.
Event details
In the early 60's, Erasto Mpemba - a Tanzanian middle school student at that time - found that under some range of conditions hot water can freeze faster than the same amount of colder water, when both are put in the same freezer. 60 years later, we have a much better understanding of this effect as a "non-equilibrium shortcut" in relaxation dynamics. In the talk I will present our current picture, as well as a few related puzzles that are yet poorly understood.
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