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Granular convergence as an iterated local map
Anna Movsheva, Thomas A. Witten
Granular convergence is a property of a granular pack as it is repeatedly sheared in a cyclic, quasistatic fashion, as the packing configuration changes via discrete events. Under…
Faceted wrinkling by contracting a curved boundary
Anshuman S. Pal, Luka Pocivavsek, Thomas A. Witten
Single-mode deformations of two-dimensional materials, such as the Miura-ori zig-zag fold, are important to the design of deployable structures because of their robustness; these u…
Stochastic synchronization induced by noise
Yunxiang Song, Thomas A. Witten
Random perturbations applied in tandem to an ensemble of oscillating objects can synchronize their motion. We study multiple copies of an arbitrary dynamical system in a stable lim…
A review of shaped colloidal particles in fluids: Anisotropy and chirality
Thomas A. Witten, Haim Diamant
This review treats asymmetric colloidal particles moving through their host fluid under the action of some form of propulsion. The propulsion can come from an external body force o…
Excess Semiannual Variation in Historic Temperature Records
Yunxiang Song, Kyle B. Lawlor, Thomas A. Witten
The annual temperature cycle of the earth closely follows the annual cycle of solar flux. At temperate latitudes, both driving and response cycles are well described by a strong an…
Chiral motion in colloidal electrophoresis
Lara Braverman, Aaron Mowitz, Thomas A. Witten
Asymmetrically charged, nonspherical colloidal particles in general perform complex rotations and oblique motions under an electric field. The interplay of electrostatic and hydrod…