From Maciej.Lisicki at fuw.edu.pl Wed Apr 2 07:11:23 2025 From: Maciej.Lisicki at fuw.edu.pl (Maciej Lisicki) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2025 07:11:23 +0200 Subject: [Soft-matter] Soft Matter & Complex Systems Seminar on 4 Apr 2025 Message-ID: <0C1195E1-1365-4781-9DAB-4E556209FD2B@fuw.edu.pl> Dear Soft Matter & Complex Systems Colleagues and Friends, On Friday 4 April 2025 at 9:30 AM at the UW Faculty of Physics (Pasteura 5, Warsaw; room 1.40) we are hosting a seminar during which Maria Ekiel-Je?ewska (IPPT PAN) will give a talk Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Abstract Nobel Prize in Physics 1991 "for discovering that methods developed for studying order phenomena in simple systems can be generalized to more complex forms of matter, in particular to liquid crystals and polymers": Pierre-Gilles de Gennes. We warmly welcome everyone to attend the talk and the Soft Matter Coffee Break after the seminar, held in room 2.63 (2nd floor). 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This causes the minerals to come out of solution and precipitate onto the cave floor, slowly building up the stalagmite. Nearly sixty years ago, Franke formulated a mathematical model for the growth of stalagmites. In this model, the local growth rate of a stalagmite is proportional to the oversaturation of calcium ions in the solution dripping down the stalagmite's surface. Franke postulated that - provided the physical conditions in the cave remain constant - after a sufficiently long period, the stalagmite will assume an ideal shape, which in later stages of growth will only move upwards without further change in its form. These conclusions were later confirmed in computer simulations yet the mathematical form of this ideal shape was not discovered. As we will show, Franke's model for stalagmite growth can be solved analytically, finding invariant, Platonic forms of stalagmites that could be observed in an "ideal cave", under constant physical conditions and with a constant flow of water dripping from an associated stalactite. Interestingly, it turns out that the shape numerically found in previous numerical studies is just one of a whole family of solutions. These new solutions describe stalagmites with a flat area at their peak of a certain fixed diameter, and conical stalagmites, with sharply pointed tops. All of these forms are observed in caves. We warmly welcome everyone to attend the talk and the Soft Matter Coffee Break after the seminar, held in room 2.63 (2nd floor). Maria Ekiel-Je?ewska Maciej Lisicki Piotr Szymczak Panagiotis Theodorakis -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Maciej.Lisicki at fuw.edu.pl Mon Apr 7 19:28:41 2025 From: Maciej.Lisicki at fuw.edu.pl (Maciej Lisicki) Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 19:28:41 +0200 Subject: [Soft-matter] Soft Matter & Complex Systems Seminar on 11 Apr 2025 Message-ID: Dear Soft Matter & Complex Systems Colleagues and Friends, On Friday 11 April 2025 at 9:30 AM at the UW Faculty of Physics (Pasteura 5, Warsaw; room 1.40) we are hosting a seminar during which Piotr Szymczak (IFT UW) will give a talk On the ideal shapes of stalagmites Abstract Stalagmites are column-like formations that rise from the floor of caves. They are formed by the buildup of minerals deposited from water dripping from the ceiling. The water dissolves minerals, such as calcium carbonate, from the rock above. As the water drips down, it loses carbon dioxide to the cave air. This causes the minerals to come out of solution and precipitate onto the cave floor, slowly building up the stalagmite. Nearly sixty years ago, Franke formulated a mathematical model for the growth of stalagmites. In this model, the local growth rate of a stalagmite is proportional to the oversaturation of calcium ions in the solution dripping down the stalagmite's surface. Franke postulated that - provided the physical conditions in the cave remain constant - after a sufficiently long period, the stalagmite will assume an ideal shape, which in later stages of growth will only move upwards without further change in its form. These conclusions were later confirmed in computer simulations yet the mathematical form of this ideal shape was not discovered. As we will show, Franke's model for stalagmite growth can be solved analytically, finding invariant, Platonic forms of stalagmites that could be observed in an "ideal cave", under constant physical conditions and with a constant flow of water dripping from an associated stalactite. Interestingly, it turns out that the shape numerically found in previous numerical studies is just one of a whole family of solutions. These new solutions describe stalagmites with a flat area at their peak of a certain fixed diameter, and conical stalagmites, with sharply pointed tops. All of these forms are observed in caves. We warmly welcome everyone to attend the talk and the Soft Matter Coffee Break after the seminar, held in room 2.63 (2nd floor). Maria Ekiel-Je?ewska Maciej Lisicki Piotr Szymczak Panagiotis Theodorakis -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The talk will show how this information will help us to search for life on other planets, even life as we do not know it. The emphasis will be placed on Mars, Jupiter?s moon Europa and Saturn?s moon Titan. Furthermore, in the talk I will highlight the major stages in the rise of microbial life to complex life on our planet and what this means for its presence on extraterrestrial planetary bodies. What are credible solutions to the Fermi Paradox and is intelligent alien life likely to be present in our cosmic neighborhood? We warmly welcome everyone to attend the talk and the Soft Matter Coffee Break after the seminar, held in room 2.63 (2nd floor). Maria Ekiel-Je?ewska Maciej Lisicki Piotr Szymczak Panagiotis Theodorakis -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Maciej.Lisicki at fuw.edu.pl Thu Apr 24 18:53:15 2025 From: Maciej.Lisicki at fuw.edu.pl (Maciej Lisicki) Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:53:15 +0200 Subject: [Soft-matter] Soft Matter & Complex Systems Seminar on 25 Apr 2025 In-Reply-To: <4C9F0B60-A68D-42B3-8DC7-C22602CC7784@fuw.edu.pl> References: <4C9F0B60-A68D-42B3-8DC7-C22602CC7784@fuw.edu.pl> Message-ID: <8FA5CA2D-A384-4794-AC2E-81823B960720@fuw.edu.pl> Dear All, Dirk Schulze-Makuch will be at the Faculty of Physics for the whole day on Friday. Should you like to book a slot for a chat, please feel welcome to fill out the form: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OTNBOYpB9gtt0lhk55QlDEmie7I97IKWzQ8qroKP4PU/edit?usp=sharing You are also welcome to join for lunch ? please find us at 5.10 at 1pm. Best wishes, Maciej -- Dr hab. Maciej Lisicki, prof. UW Institute of Theoretical Physics | Faculty of Physics University of Warsaw softmatter.fuw.edu.pl > On 22 Apr 2025, at 08:30, Maciej Lisicki wrote: > > Dear Soft Matter & Complex Systems Colleagues and Friends, > > On Friday 25 April 2025 at 9:30 AM at the UW Faculty of Physics (Pasteura 5, Warsaw; room 1.40) we are hosting a seminar during which > > Dirk Schulze-Makuch (Technische Universit?t Berlin) > > will give a talk > The Search for Life in the Universe > > Abstract > > Life on Earth displays incredible diversity and occurs in nearly every extreme environment. The talk will show how this information will help us to search for life on other planets, even life as we do not know it. The emphasis will be placed on Mars, Jupiter?s moon Europa and Saturn?s moon Titan. Furthermore, in the talk I will highlight the major stages in the rise of microbial life to complex life on our planet and what this means for its presence on extraterrestrial planetary bodies. What are credible solutions to the Fermi Paradox and is intelligent alien life likely to be present in our cosmic neighborhood? > > We warmly welcome everyone to attend the talk and the Soft Matter Coffee Break after the seminar, held in room 2.63 (2nd floor). > > Maria Ekiel-Je?ewska > Maciej Lisicki > Piotr Szymczak > Panagiotis Theodorakis > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: