nanosurface 2008-09-05 07:07
荷兰：自组织临界方向博士后机会
[b]Postdoc: What makes a system self-organized critical?[/b]
At Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Physics Dept.,
Field(s): statistical physics
Application deadline: Sep 15 (Mon), 2008
Submitted: Aug 14, 2008
Contact: Rinke J Wijngaarden
E-mail: [email]rw@nat.vu.nl[/email]
Phone: +31 20 598 7918
Fax: +31 20 598 7992
Address: Rinke J. Wijngaarden Department of Physics and Astronomy Faculty of Sciences FEW/N&S/VS VU University Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1081 (room U0.46) 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands
Job description: Many systems in nature, often linked to catastrophic behavior, have power law distributed event sizes. Hence there is no limitation to the size of a catastrophe. Examples are snow-avalanches, earthquakes, rain and stock-markets. The aim of the present project is to identify the essential ingredients for power law behavior (or Self Organized criticality) to occur. The main experimental method is the registration of avalanches on piles of various granular materials by slow and fast (video)cameras.
for further information, see:
[url]http://www.nat.vu.nl/CondMat/rw/VacatureWMSSOC2008.htm[/url]