Chaos, complexity and transport : theory and applications : proceedings of the CCT '07, Marseille, France, 4-8 June 2007 / edited by Cristel Chandre, Xavier Leoncini, George Zaslavsky.

Includes bibliographical references.

Out-of-equilibrium phase transitions in mean-field Hamiltonian dynamics / P.-H. Chavanis [and others] -- Stochastic webs in multidimensions / G.M. Zaslavsky and M. Edelman -- Chaotic geodesics / J.-L. Thiffeault and K. Kamhawi -- A steady mixing flow with no-slip boundaries / R.S. MacKay -- Complexity and entropy in colliding particle systems / M. Courbage and S.M. Saberi Fathi -- Wave condensation / S. Rica -- Transport in deterministic ratchets: periodic orbit analysis of a toy model / R. Artuso, L. Cavallasca and G. Cristadoro -- Separatrix chaos: new approach to the theoretical treatment / S.M. Soskin, R. Mannella and O.M. Yevtushenko -- Giant acceleration in weakly-perturbed space-periodic Hamiltonian systems / M. Yu. Uleysky and D.V. Malcarov -- Local control of area-preserving maps / C. Chandre, M. Vittot and G. Caraolo -- Implications of topological complexity and Hamiltonian chaos in the edge magnetic field of toroidal fusion plasmas / T.E. Evans -- Experimental studies of advection-reaction-diffusion systems / T.H. Solomon, M.S. Paoletti and M.E. Schwartz -- Non-diffusive transport in numerical simulations of magnetically-confined turbulent plasmas / R. Sánchez [and others] -- Rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection in cylinders / J.J. Sánchez-Álvarez [and others] -- Self-excited instabilities in plasmas containing dust particles (dusty or complex plasmas) / M. Mikikian [and others] -- Clustering properties of confined plasma turbulence signals / M. Rajković and M. S̮korić -- Intermittency scenario of transition to chaos in plasma / D.G. Dimitriu and S.A. Chiriac -- Nonlinear dynamics of a Hamiltonian four-field model for magnetic reconnection in collisionless plasmas / E. Tussi, D. Grasso and F. Pegoraro -- On the complexity of the neutral curve of oscillatory flows / M. Wadih [and others] -- Generalized Keller-Segel models of chemotaxis. Analogy with nonlinear mean field Fokker-Planck equations / P.-H. Chavanis -- On Switchability of a flow to the boundary in a periodically excited discontinuous dynamical system / A.C.J. Luo and B.M. Rapp -- The formation of spiral arms and rings in barred galaxies / M. Romero-Gómez [and others] -- Lévy walks for energetic electrons detected by the Ulysses Spacecraft at 5 AU / S. Perri and G. Zimbardo -- Wave chaos and ghost orbits in an underwater sound channel / D.V. Makarov [and others] -- Displacement effects on fermi acceleration in randomized driven billiards / A.K. Karlis [and others] -- Memory regeneration phenomenon in fractional depolarization of dielectrics / V.V. Uchaikin and D.V. Uchaikin -- Nodal pattern analysis for conductivity of quantum ring in magnetic field / M. Tomiya [and others] -- Application of the generalized alignment index (GALI) method to the dynamics of multi-dimensional symplectic maps / T. Manos. Ch. Skokos and T. Bountis.

This book aims to provide the readers with a wide panorama of different aspects related to Chaos, Complexity and Transport. It consists of a collection of contributions ranging from applied mathematics to experiments, presented during the CCT'07 conference (Marseilles, June 4-8, 2007). The book encompasses different traditional fields of physics and mathematics while trying to keep a common language among the fields, and targets a nonspecialized audience.

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