"Traffic jams and ordering far from thermal equilibrium"
Prof. David Mukamel
Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute
Phase transtions in one-dimensional driven systems are discussed.
It is shown that unlike systems in thermal equilibrium, driven systems
can exhibit phenomena like phase separation whereby macroscopic
high density phase coexist with a low density one. Models of traffic
flow and traffic jams are considered within this framework.
Host:
Dr. Ron Lifshitz, x5145
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