Research Units:
Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Gioia Carinci (Co-P.I.)
Cristian Giardinà
Claudio Giberti
Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"
Giada Basile (Co-P.I.)
Dario Benedetto
Stefano Marchesani
Brief description of the project
Condensation is a widespread phenomenon in nature where a macroscopic fraction of an observed quantity concentrates in a single state, typically when some specific parameter of the model crosses a critical threshold. It represents a special phase transition which exhibits concentration and clustering. Classical examples of problems that can be thought as condensation are the Bose-Einstein condensation, gelation in polymers, vapor condensation of gas molecules on aerosol in atmosphere, formation of traffic jams. These phenomena typically emerge in the context of different complex systems, constituted by a very large number of components. Nonetheless, condensation processes can be well described by simple mathematical models which in the large scale limit retain the essential features.
The main purpose of this project is to investigate the emergence of concentration and condensation in interacting particle systems. More precisely, we will focus on binary collisions kinetic models and stochastic lattice dynamics. Condensation will then appear in the limit of large number of particles, under suitable rescaling. We aim to study the phenomenon both as typical behavior (i.e. at the level of the law of large numbers) and at the level of large deviations.
Research Lines
This project draws the following two research lines
Kinetic models of condensation-like phenomena
Lattice models of condensation-like phenomena
aiming at solving some specific objectives which represent relevant problems in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics.
Concerning the open position at the University of L'Aquila:
The research project title is "Probabilistic methods for interacting particle systems: kinetic and lattice models".
The application deadline is on Saturday February 10, 2024.
More details can be found here:
https://bandi.miur.it/bandi.php/public/fellowship/id_fellow/251053
https://www.univaq.it/section.php?id=766
The application, documents and publications, must be submitted electronically at
Important information: for non italian citizen when submitting the application the form asks for the residency permit, this is clearly not needed to apply, it is enough to upload a valid ID document!
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