tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post4875235745384298892..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Thin Nematic Films: Liquid BeautySabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-10678606648168218912012-11-14T20:04:02.338-05:002012-11-14T20:04:02.338-05:00Bee: And, yes, now I know what nematic films are. ...<b>Bee</b>: And, yes, now I know what nematic films are. I'd give <a href="http://backreaction.blogspot.ca/2012/10/book-review-soft-matter-by-roberto.html" title="Book Review- Soft Matter by Roberto Piazza " rel="nofollow">this book three out of five stars.</a><br /><br />I can see this subject building Bee.:) PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-51732789627605516692012-11-13T08:59:28.807-05:002012-11-13T08:59:28.807-05:00That first picture looks a lot like an example of ...That first picture looks a lot like an example of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chemical_Basis_of_Morphogenesis" rel="nofollow">Turing</a> <a href="https://www.google.de/search?hl=de&safe=off&q=Turing+pattern&bpcl=38093640&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&biw=1615&bih=891&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=Jochenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418841955052661428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-86248824806705949942012-11-13T07:13:56.391-05:002012-11-13T07:13:56.391-05:00Hi Erik,
No, sorry, I don't know of any revie...Hi Erik,<br /><br />No, sorry, I don't know of any review. The topic of locality is quite a mess in the sense that there's like 5 different definitions for the term, which was one of the reason I recently organized this workshop. Best,<br /><br />B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-75322081216738177322012-11-13T05:44:29.946-05:002012-11-13T05:44:29.946-05:00Hey Bee,
I recently came across the concept of loc...Hey Bee,<br />I recently came across the concept of locality in quantum field theory. If I recall it correctly, this is one of your research topics. Do you know any good review articles on this topic, understandable for a beginning undergraduate student :) ?<br />Thanks in advance!<br />ErikErikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629571445007334997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-75139529675513358992012-11-12T14:28:55.612-05:002012-11-12T14:28:55.612-05:00/* Soft matter is all around you, from toothpaste .../* Soft matter is all around you, from toothpaste over body lotion to salad dressing...*/<br /><br />Quantum foam is soft matter too in certain sense (<a href="http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/kitp25/witten/oh/10.html" rel="nofollow">Ed Witten</a>: "<i>One thing I can tell you, though, is that most string theorist’s suspect that spacetime is a emergent phenomena in the language of Zephirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06010623752049244967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-62459522201833301122012-11-12T10:54:55.328-05:002012-11-12T10:54:55.328-05:00It is an electronic detergent - greasy tail, polar...It is an electronic detergent - greasy tail, polar head, and an almost flat coupler for interaction. The flat rings’ dihedral angle can be positive or negative, creating opposite chirality molecules then mixture freezing point depression. Low rotation thermal barrier averages away bulk chirality.<br /><br />Achiral bent cores are fun! Trace resolved chiral dopant, even a surface monolayer, can Uncle Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05056804084187606211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-9485088130715545292012-11-12T06:48:11.894-05:002012-11-12T06:48:11.894-05:00Hi Phil,
Indeed, it is my impression that it'...Hi Phil,<br /><br />Indeed, it is my impression that it's a presently very active and also fertile research area. Best,<br /><br />B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-52875464581581658752012-11-12T06:40:01.711-05:002012-11-12T06:40:01.711-05:00Hi Bee,
Amazing what’s just under our noses, our ...Hi Bee,<br /><br />Amazing what’s just under our noses, our skin or the very screen I’m staring at now. Moreover due to the interest generated by your article I’ve discovered even some viruses have been found to be <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_crystal" rel="nofollow">liquid crystals</a> with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_mosaic_virus#Investigational_uses" Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.com