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All Topical Collections are listed below in chronological order (most recent on top). Further details such as status, guest editors, description, open calls if available can be found by clicking on the collection titles.
Phase Transitions and Magnetism in Spin Systems
CompLex: Complexity Science for Legal Applications
EPJ B Topical Issue: High Field Superconducting Magnets: Materials, Technology and Applications
EPJ B Topical Issue: 100 Glorious Years of the Ising Model
Neuromorphic Bio-inspired Computing
Quantum phase transitions and open quantum systems: A tribute to Prof. Amit Dutta
New Trends in Statistical Physics of Complex Systems: Theoretical and Experimental Approaches
Recent Advances in Complex Systems
Recent Developments in the Functional Renormalization Group Approach to Correlated Electron Systems
Recent Progress and Emerging Trends in Molecular Dynamics
Extreme Value Statistics and Search in Biology: Theory and Simulations
Advances in Quasi-Periodic and Non-Commensurate Systems
Topical issue: Recent Advances in the Theory of Disordered Systems
Topical issue: Non-Linear and Complex Dynamics in Semiconductors and Related Materials
Topical issue: Multiscale Materials Modeling
Topical issue: Shaping Nanocatalysts
Topical issue: Special issue in honor of Hardy Gross
Topical issue: Complex Systems Science meets Matter and Materials
Topical issue: The Physics of Micro-Energy Use and Transformation
Topical issue: Coexistence of Long-Range Orders in Low-dimensional Systems
Topical issue: Ψk Volker Heine Young Investigator Award – 2015 Finalists
Topical issue: Silicon and Silicon-related Materials for Thermoelectricity
Topical issue: Materials for Dielectric Applications
Topical issue: Temporal Network Theory and Applications
Topical issue: New Trends in Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Topical issue: From photophysics to optoelectronics of zero- and one-dimensional nanomaterials
Topical issue: Challenges and solutions in GW calculations for complex systems
Topical issue: Excitonic Processes in Condensed Matter, Nanostructured and Molecular Materials
EPJ B Topical Issue: High Field Superconducting Magnets: Materials, Technology and Applications
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- Published on 19 December 2024
Guest Editors: Jinxing Zheng, Yoshikazu Mizuguchi, Jianhua Liu, Ivan Shorubalko
Submissions are invited for a Topical Issue of EPJ B on High Field Superconducting Magnets: Materials, Technology and Applications.
With the continuous development of superconducting materials and superconducting magnet technology, it has played an increasingly important role in power systems, medical equipment, fusion devices and other fields. The superconducting power transmission can save a lot of energy loss. Superconducting medical devices (such as MRI, proton therapy devices and so on) offer a powerful path to better disease diagnosis and improved treatment outcomes. The construction of magnetic confinement fusion devices is also based on high-field superconducting magnets. The core issue of the superconducting technology is to maintain superconducting state under different operation conditions. To address this issue, many superconducting physics problems are analyzed and studied from a systematic perspective, such as superconducting materials, critical performance, AC loss calculation, stability margin, quench propagation etc. The critical performance will affect the AC loss and stability evaluation. None of these challenges can be addressed in isolation. The research of superconducting technology is a complex system engineering.
EPJ B Topical Issue : CompLex: Complexity Science for Legal Applications
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- Published on 14 November 2024
Guest Editors: Pierpaolo Vivo, Daniel Martin Katz, J.B. Ruhl, Philipp Hövel
Submissions are invited for a Topical Issue of EPJ B on CompLex: Complexity Science for Legal Applications.
In recent years, the intersection of law, governance, and complexity science has emerged as a fascinating and important area of study (See CompLex: legal systems through the lens of complexity science for a recent review). Modern societies are regulated by intricate legal and governance systems that share many characteristics with complex adaptive systems traditionally studied in physics and mathematics. These include nonlinear effects, feedback loops, and emergent behaviors. As our world becomes increasingly interconnected and complex, there is a growing need to apply rigorous quantitative methods to analyze and improve our legal and governance frameworks. The study of social institutions and governance has historically been confined to philosophy and social sciences. However, interdisciplinary applications of physics and other hard sciences have had a profound impact on our understanding of complex systems in biology, economics, and other fields. It is now time to extend this approach to law and governance. For over a decade, complexity scientists have been turning their attention to societal issues, but it is only recently that important legal and political questions have been formulated in a language that science can comprehend and meaningfully address. While some barriers still exist, the time is ripe for a full-fledged cross-fertilization between law/governance, physics, and computer science.
