Instabilities and Nonequilibrium Structures VI

Foreword. Biographical Sketch of Professor Walter Zeller. Acknowledgements. Preface. Part I: Review Lectures. A primer in classical turbulence theory; M.E. Brachet. Stochastic effects in physical systems; M. San Miguel, R. Toral. Part II: Pattern Selection, Defects and Granular Matter. Spatio-temporal intermittency in the spatial unfolding of Andronov's Bifurcations; M. Argentina, P. Coullet. Thermodynamics and dynamics of supersolids; Y. Pomeau. Large Amplitude Patterns in Bistable Reaction-Diffusion Systems; S. Métens, et al. Bénard Cell: A Centennial Puzzle; C. Pérez-García,. B. Echebarria. A parametric oscillator in a highly viscous fluid; E. Cerda. Spiral waves and target waves in single cells; A. Babloyantz, N. Ellis. Pattern Selection and Stability in Polymeric Fluid Convection; J. Martínez-Mardones, et al. Wavelength Selection of Spiral Waves in Liquid Crystals; E. Hamm, et al. Surface Waves Scattering by a Vertical Vortex: A progress report; F. Vivanco, et al. Spreading of molecularly thin wetting films on solid interfaces; S.F. Burlatsky, et al. Developable Cones and Crumpled Paper: An experimental point of view; S. Chaïeb, F. Melo. Quantum Topological Defects and the Schwinger mechanism; C. Elphick. Imperfect coagulation reaction A + A --> A: An analitical approach; M. Hoyuelos. Mixing and Segregation in Granular Matter; E. Guyon, D. Bideau. Pressure and Surface Dilation measurements in vibrated granular layers; N. Mujica, et al. Part III: Stochastic behavior and Statistical Mechanics. Quantum Coherence and Decoherence by Spontaneous Emission in a Quantum Optical Realization of a Driven Pendulum; R. Graham. Covariant Non-Linear Non-EquilibriumThermodynamics and the Ergodic Theory of Stochastic and Quantum Flows; D. Rapaport. Stochastic Inflation: A Semiclassical Approach; M. Bellini, et al. Upper Bounds for Correlation Functions: Bose Systems; M. Corgini, D.P. Sankovich. Multifractal Behavior of a Fibonacci Crystal built over p coupled chains; E. Lazo. Stationary probability for systems presenting weak noise transitions; O. Descalzi, et al. Subject Index.