Guest Lecture Ananyo Maitra

Time Liquid Crystals 

In the first part of the talk, I will introduce the physics of active systems -- the statistical mechanics of "particles" that convert a sustained energy supply to work. This theoretical framework allows physicists to explore the collective behaviour of systems as diverse as the intracellular medium, tissues, bacterial fluids, and herds, schools and human crowds from the perspective of phase transitions and symmetry breaking. I will then show that such living condensed matter can form ordered states with no equivalent in dead, i.e., equilibrium, condensed matter, such as aligned phases in which the direction of alignment spontaneously rotates in time. I will discuss the emergent laws governing such "time liquid crystals", and their possible implications for materials science and biology.

Informations pratiques

• Date : 24 mai 2022 de 12h30 à 14h00
• La guest lecture en anglais est organisée en présence à l'Auditorium de la MIR à Neuville-sur-Oise et à distance sur Zoom.
• Pour participer à la guest lecture à distance, connectez-vous sur Zoom :
  https://cyu-fr.zoom.us/j/99873158073
  ID de réunion : 998 7315 8073
• Vidéo ensuite publiée sur la chaîne YouTube de CY Advanced Studies

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