Seminar: Computational Soft Matter Physics (PS)5 ECTS
(englische Bezeichnung: Seminar: Computational Soft Matter Physics)
(Prüfungsordnungsmodul: Physics seminar)

Lehrveranstaltungen:

• • Computational Soft Matter Physics (Seminar)
    (Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, Klaus Mecke et al., Blockveranstaltung 17.1.2017-24.1.2017 Di, 14:00 - 18:00, TL 1.140; Blockveranstaltung 18.1.2017-25.1.2017 Mi, 8:00 - 12:00, SR 00.103; Blockveranstaltung 18.1.2017-25.1.2017 Mi, 12:00 - 18:00, HB)

Inhalt:

This seminar will explore some of the diverse areas of research in soft matter physics.

There will be an advance meeting to allocate topics, held on Monday 20 July 2015, at 14:00 in SR 01.683 (Theorie 1).

Students are expected to prepare their talk during the term, with support by the tutors; results will be presented in a workshop at the end of the term, from 16 to 18 February 2016.

Some of the topics, marked [num], offer the possibility to do an additional numerical project as part of "CP2" (module WP-2).

Foams and minimal surfaces

• Liquid Foam Structure and Topology

• Aging and coarsening of liquid foams (Evolver) [num]

• Self-assembly of triply-periodic minimal surfaces
  

Melting in confinement and other phase transitions

• Melting in two dimensions (Metropolis Monte Carlo, XY model) [num]

• Packing on curved surfaces: Topological defects [num]

• Nucleating a crystal (Molecular dynamics) [num]

• Liquid/gas transition in a LJ fluid (Wang-Landau) [num]

• Percolation: Conductance of carbon nanotube assemblies [num]
  

Liquids

• Density functional theory for liquids [num]

• Swimming at low Reynolds numbers
  

Granular Media

• Granular Media: Jamming as a phase transition?

• Numerical simulation of jammed packings (Lubashevsky-Stillinger) [num]

• Imaging granular media by computed tomography [num]

Lernziele und Kompetenzen:

Students

• comprehend an interesting physical topic in a short time frame

• identify and interpret the appropriate literature

• select and organize the relevant information for the presentation

• compose a presentation on the topic at the appropriate level for the audience

• use the appropriate presentation techniques and tools

• criticize and defend the topic in a scientific discussion

Literatur:

Will be provided individually for each talk.

Bemerkung:

Vorträge auf Deutsch möglich.

Verwendbarkeit des Moduls / Einpassung in den Musterstudienplan:

1. Physics (Master of Science)
   (Po-Vers. 2015s | NatFak | Physics (Master of Science) | Master examination | Master examination | Physics seminar)
2. Physics (Master of Science)
   (Po-Vers. 2015s | NatFak | Physics (Master of Science) | Master examination | Master examination - Elite study program | Physics seminar)

Studien-/Prüfungsleistungen:

Seminar: Computational Soft Matter Physics (Prüfungsnummer: 689719)

(englischer Titel: Seminar: Computational Soft Matter Physics)

Prüfungsleistung, mündliche Prüfung, Dauer (in Minuten): 45, benotet

Anteil an der Berechnung der Modulnote: 100.0 %

weitere Erläuterungen:
Mandatory Attendance / Anwesenheitspflicht
Masterstudierende mit Studienbeginn ab Sommersemester 2015 können Prüfungen in deutscher Sprache nur mit Genehmigung des Prüfungsausschussvorsitzenden ablegen.

Erstablegung: WS 2016/2017

1. Prüfer:

Sebastian Kapfer,

2. Prüfer:

Klaus Mecke