Fall 2014

Colloquia are held on Fridays at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II, unless noted otherwise. Refreshments are served at 11:30 am. For questions about the seminar schedule, please contact Yassine Boubendir.


Date: December 5, 2014

Speaker: Evelyn Sander
Department of Mathematical Sciences,
George Mason University

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Title: "The Dynamics of Nucleation"

Abstract:

The Cahn-Hilliard equation is one of the fundamental models to describe phase separation dynamics in metal alloys. In this talk, I will focus on applying traditional dynamical tools, such as bifurcation theory and computational topology in order to gain a better understanding of the droplet formation during nucleation for the stochastic Cahn-Hilliard equation. I will consider different types of noise and different types of boundary conditions.