The Physi

s of Disordered Systems
Vth SERC S hool in Condensed Matter Physi s and Materials S ien e
at
The Institute of Mathemati al S ien es, Chennai
April 1{21, 2003

Le turers/Titles

 V. Balakrishnan Diusion in Random Media

 M. Barma Overview and Introdu tion to Spin Glasses
 S. Bhatta harya Depinning in Random Media
 S.M. Bhatta harjee Dire ted Polymers in Random Media
 D. Dhar Per olation
 B.K. Chakrabarti Disordered Quantum Spin Models
 S. P. Das Mode Coupling and the Stru tural Glass Transition
 S.N. Kaul Experiments on Spin Glasses and other Disordered Spin Systems
 Deepak Kumar Dilute Magnets
 T.V. Ramakrishnan An Introdu tion to Disordered Quantum Systems
 G. Ravikumar Vortex Glasses
 S.S.N. Murthy Experiments on Glasses
 S. Sastry Stru tural Glasses: Phenomenology, Theory and Simulations
 Prabodh Shukla Random Field Systems

Dire tors: Gautam I. Menon and Purusattam Ray , IMS , Chennai

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