Dynamical universality classes: Recent results and open questions

Gunter Schuetz (IST Lisboa)

Oct 05. 2022, 10:00 — 11:00

Universality asserts that, especially near phase transitions, the macroscopic properties of a physical system do not depend on its details such as the precise form of microscopic interactions. We show that the two best-known examples of dynamical universality classes, the diffusive and Kardar-Parisi-Zhang-classes, are only part of an infinite discrete family. The members of this family have dynamical exponents which surprisingly can be expressed by the Kepler ratio of consecutive Fibonacci numbers. This strongly indicates the existence of a simpler but still unknown underlying mechanism that determines the different classes.

Further Information
Venue:
ESI Schrödinger and Boltzmann Lecture Hall
Associated Event:
Large Deviations, Extremes and Anomalous Transport in Non-equilibrium Systems (Thematic Programme)
Organizer(s):
Christoph Dellago (U of Vienna)
Satya Majumdar (U Paris Sud, Orsay)
David Mukamel (Weizmann Institute, Rehovot)
Harald Posch (U of Vienna)
Gregory Schehr (U Paris Sud, Orsay)