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EPSRC Reference: EP/J019496/1
Title: Processes of coalescence and fragmentation: phase transitions, scaling limits and self-organised criticality
Principal Investigator: Goldschmidt, Professor CA
Other Investigators:
Martin, Professor JB Hambly, Professor B
Researcher Co-Investigators:
Project Partners:
Department: Statistics
Organisation: University of Oxford
Scheme: Standard Research
Starts: 28 February 2013 Ends: 31 August 2016 Value (£): 309,791
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Logic & Combinatorics Statistics & Appl. Probability
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
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Panel History:
Panel DatePanel NameOutcome
04 Jul 2012 Mathematics Prioritisation Panel Meeting July 2012 Announced
Summary on Grant Application Form
This project is focused on a rich collection of probabilistic models

which involve phenomena of coalescence and fragmentation.

We propose a unified approach to the study of a large class of models

which have separately attracted significant attention in a variety of

contexts.

A particular goal is to give new and powerful descriptions of scaling

limits, and to understand phenomena of phase transition and

self-organised criticality. Such themes are of considerable

significance across a wide range of fields in physics, probability

theory, discrete mathematics and complex systems.

Some of the systems studied will also serve as tools in the analysis

of certain spatial models, which are of lively current interest due to

their relationship to quantum spin systems and physical topics such as

superfluidity.

The last part of the project centres on random interlacements, an

emerging model of percolation and erosion in which long-range

interactions play a significant role. We will combine a range of

probabilistic, geometric and analytic tools to describe the discrete

random structures that emerge, and to understand how their properties

differ from those of traditional percolation models.
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