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Weizmann Institute of Science Faculty of Physics |
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Contact Information Tel : 972-8-9342830
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Current Research Interests Theory of strong non-equilibrium, in particular, theory of turbulence. Since any human being is
itself an open system, we are naturally curious
about the behavior of other open systems with fluxes of matter, energy or information. Of the possible open systems,
it is those endowed with many degrees
of freedom and strongly deviating from equilibrium that are most challenging. A significant example of such
a system is given by developed
turbulence in continuous media like liquid, gas or plasma. To describe non-equilibrium systems with infinitely
many strongly-interacting degrees of
freedom, our group develops field-theoretical
methods (path integral. instanton technique etc). We also work on applications of turbulence in
geophysics (atmosphere and ocean) and
astrophysics (turbulent magnetic dynamo).
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