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Introduction to magnetic resonance imaging for mathematicians

Charles L. Epstein (2004)

Annales de l’institut Fourier

The basic concepts and models used in the study of nuclear magnetic resonance are introduced. A simple imaging experiment is described, as well as, the reduction of the problem of selective excitation to a classical problem in inverse scattering.

Limit distributions of many-particle spectra and q-deformed Gaussian variables

Piotr Śniady (2006)

Banach Center Publications

We find the limit distributions for a spectrum of a system of n particles governed by a k-body interaction. The hamiltonian of this system is modelled by a Gaussian random matrix. We show that the limit distribution is a q-deformed Gaussian distribution with the deformation parameter q depending on the fraction k/√n. The family of q-deformed Gaussian distributions include the Gaussian distribution and the semicircular law; therefore our result is a generalization of the results of Wigner [Wig1,...

Local Changes in Lipid Composition to Match Membrane Curvature

Rolf J. Ryham (2016)

Molecular Based Mathematical Biology

A continuum mechanical model based on the Helfrich Hamiltonian is devised to investigate the coupling between lipid composition and membrane curvature. Each monolayer in the bilayer is modeled as a freely deformable surface with a director field for lipid orientation. A scalar field for the mole fraction of two lipid types accounts for local changes in composition. It allows lipids to access monolayer regions favorable to their intrinsic curvature at the expense of increasing entropic free energy....

Many-body aspects of approach to equilibrium

Eric Carlen, M. C. Carvalho, Michael Loss (2000)

Journées équations aux dérivées partielles

Kinetic theory and approach to equilibrium is usually studied in the realm of the Boltzmann equation. With a few notable exceptions not much is known about the solutions of this equation and about its derivation from fundamental principles. In 1956 Mark Kac introduced a probabilistic model of N interacting particles. The velocity distribution is governed by a Markov semi group and the evolution of its single particle marginals is governed (in the infinite particle limit) by a caricature of the spatially...

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