8:00 AM–11:00 AM, Monday, March 10, 2008
Morial Convention Center - 231
Sponsoring Unit:
GSNP
Chair: Pedro Reis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
8:36 AM–9:12 AM
Arezki Boudaoud
(LPS, CNRS/Ecole Normale Superieure)
Unfolding a ball of crumpled paper reveals numerous ridges with a wide distribution of sizes. How can we describe the statistics of sizes and energies? Can we understand this system using the tools of statistical physics? During my talk, I will review the various experimental and theoretical approaches that we used to tackle these questions, which are typical of glasses and granular media.