Seminars & Events

Computations In Science Seminar
"Crackling Noise:Learning from Magnets about Earthquakes?"

DATE: December 19, 2007
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
SPEAKER: Karin Dahmen
LOCATION: KPTC 206, Univeristy of Chicago

Description:
Models suggest that the earth and magnets crackle alike! Recent studies show that slowly increasing magnetic fields in magnets can trigger so-called "magnetizing avalanches". It turns out that we can model statistics of earthquakes, especially in irregularly shaped fault zones, very similarly, and this similarity motivates a new way of analyzing seismic data. I will show how we can understand the universal, i.e. detail independent, effects of disorder in both systems in terms of the theory of phase transitions.

More Information:
If you woild like to meet with the speaker or join us for a meal, please contact Konstantin Turitsyn(turitsyn@uchicago.edu)

Discussion over bag-lunch at 12:15 p.m.
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