publications

M. R. Evans 1, S. N. Majumdar 2, I. Pagonabarraga 3, E. Trizac 2 The Journal of Chemical Physics 132 (2010) 014102 We study a mass transport model, where spherical particles diffusing on a ring can stochastically exchange volume $v$, with the constraint of a fixed total volume $V=\sum_{i=1}^N v_i$, $N$ being the total number of particles. The particles, referred to as $p$-spheres, […]

R. Yusupov 1, T. Mertelj 1, V. V. Kabanov 1, S. Brazovskii 2, P. Kusar 1, J. -H. Chu 3, I. R. Fisher 3, D. Mihailovic 1 Nature Physics 6 (2010) 681-684 The temporal evolution of systems undergoing symmetry breaking phase transitions (SBTs) is of great fundamental interest not only in condensed matter physics, but extends from cosmology to brain function and finance \cite{topology,Kibble,Eltsov,Finance}. However, the study of such transitions is

Yusupov, R., Brazovskii, S., and, al. Nature Physics6 (2010) 681-684

Benoit Estienne 1, Nicolas Regnault 2, Raoul Santachiara 3 Nuclear Physics B 824, 3 (2010) 539 Recently, Jack polynomials have been proposed as natural generalizations of Z_k Read-Rezayi states describing non-Abelian fractional quantum Hall systems. These polynomials are conjectured to be related to correlation functions of a class of W-conformal field theories based on the Lie algebra A_{k-1}. These theories can

V. A. Avetisov 1, S. K. Nechaev 2, 3 Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 81 (2010) 046211 We consider the dynamical system described by the area–preserving standard mapping. It is known for this system that $P(t)$, the normalized number of recurrences staying in some given domain of the phase space at time $t$ (so-clled ‘survival probability’)

Pierre-Yves Bourguignon 1, Areejit Samal 2, 3, François Képès 4, Jürgen Jost 2, 5, Olivier C. Martin 3 Algorithms for Molecular Biology : AMB 5 (2010) 20 A report of the meeting ‘Challenges in experimental data integration within genome-scale metabolic models’, Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris, October 10-11 2009, organized by the CNRS-MPG joint program in Systems Biology. 1. Genoscope-Centre national de séquençage (GENOSCOPE), CEA : DSV/IG 2.

Saad Zaheer 1, Sahand Jamal Rahi 1, Thorsten Emig 2, 3, Robert L. Jaffe 4 Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 82 (2010) 052507 We study the electromagnetic Casimir interaction of a compact object contained inside a closed cavity of another compact object. We express the interaction energy in terms of the objects’ scattering matrices and translation matrices that relate the coordinate

Thorsten Emig 1, 2 International Journal of Modern Physics A 25, 11 (2010) 2177-2195 The properties of fluctuation induced interactions like van der Waals and Casimir-Lifshitz forces are of interest in a plethora of fields ranging from biophysics to nanotechnology. Here we describe a general approach to compute these interactions. It is based on a combination of methods

Noah Graham 1, Alexander Shpunt 2, Thorsten Emig 2, 3, 4, Sahand Jamal Rahi 2, Robert L. Jaffe 2, 5, Mehran Kardar 2 Physical Review D 81 (2010) 061701 The Casimir force has been computed exactly for only a few simple geometries, such as infinite plates, cylinders, and spheres. We show that a parabolic cylinder, for which analytic solutions to the Helmholtz equation are available, is another case where such

E. Trizac 1, Y. Levy 2, P. G. Wolynes 3 Proceeding of the national academy of sciences 107 (2010) 2746 Biomolecular folding and function are often coupled. During molecular recognition events, one of the binding partners may transiently or partially unfold, allowing more rapid access to a binding site. We describe a simple model for this flycasting mechanism based on the