The Phenomenological Theory of an Elementary Act

1986 ◽  
pp. 1-38
Author(s):  
L. I. Krishtalik
Keyword(s):  
Phenomenological Theory

Optical Properties and Phenomenological Theory of Ferri-Ferri Phase Transitions in Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystals

1997 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 1817-1828 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Gisse ◽  
M. Sidir ◽  
V. L. Lorman ◽  
R. Farhi ◽  
J. Pavel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Properties ◽  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Phenomenological Theory ◽  
Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystals

The Thanatosis of Enlightenment

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 83-106
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Reasoning ◽  
Phenomenological Theory ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
Unsuccessful Attempt ◽  
Trace Back ◽  
Methodological Errors ◽  
Psychological Models ◽  
History Of ◽  
Living Nature ◽  
Dialectic Of Enlightenment

The article analyzes methodological errors Theodore Adorno and Max Horkheimer’s Dialectic of Enlightenment, particularly their incorrect use of the concepts of mimicry and mimesis. The author of the article maintains that the leaders of the Frankfurt School made a mistake that threatens to undermine their argument when they juxtaposed mimesis and the attraction to death, which has led philosophers to trace back to mimesis the desire for destruction that is found in a civilization constructed by instrumental reasoning. The author reviews the arguments of the Dialectic of Enlightenment and emphasizes the unsuccessful attempt to fuse Freudian and Hegelian methods, which exposes the instability of opposing scientific reasoning to “living” nature. Some amusing quotations from Roger Caillois, who refused to think of mimesis as something entirely rational, are also brought to bear. As Brassier gradually unfolds Adorno and Horkheimer’s thesis, he indicates the consequences of their mistake, which confined thinkers to the bucolic dungeon of “remembering” the authentic nature that they cannot abandon because they have denied themselves access to both reductionist psychological models and to phenomenological theory as such. Brassier delineates the boundaries of this trap and notes the excessive attachment of the Dialectic of Enlightenment to the human. Brassier goes on to describe the prospects for a civilization of enlightenment: a mimesis of death in both senses (death imitates and is imitated) finds its highest expression in the technological automation of the intellect, which for Adorno and Horkheimer means the final implementation of the self-destructive mind. However, for Brassier it means the rewriting of the history of reason in space. This topological rewriting of history, carried out through an enlightenment, reestablishes the dynamics of horror more than mythical temporality: it will become clear that the human mind appears as the dream of a mimetic insect.

scholarly journals Superconducting Order Parameter Nucleation and Critical Currents in the Presence of Weak Stray Fields in Superconductor/Insulator/Ferromagnet Hybrids

Coatings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 507
Author(s):  
Vasiliy N. Kushnir ◽  
Serghej L. Prischepa ◽  
Michela Trezza ◽  
Carla Cirillo ◽  
Carmine Attanasio
Keyword(s):  
Phenomenological Theory ◽  
Critical Currents ◽  
Superconducting Phase ◽  
Stray Field ◽  
Superconducting Properties ◽  
Ginzburg Landau ◽  
Ferromagnetic Layers ◽  
Linearized System ◽  
Critical Current Density Jc ◽  
Usadel Equations

The stray fields produced by ferromagnetic layers in Superconductor/Insulator/Ferromagnet (S/I/F) heterostructures may strongly influence their superconducting properties. Suitable magnetic configurations can be exploited to manipulate the main parameters of the hybrids. Here, the nucleation of the superconducting phase in an external magnetic field that periodically oscillates along the film width is studied on the base of the numerical solution of the linearized system of Usadel equations. In addition, the effect of the magnetic configuration of the F-layer on the temperature dependence of the critical current density, Jc(T), is investigated in the framework of the Ginzburg–Landau phenomenological theory on the base of the oscillating model of a stray field. By following this approach, the Jc(T) dependence of a Nb/SiO2/PdNi trilayer is reproduced for different magnetic configurations of the PdNi layer.

Phenomenological theory of defect driven flexo-chemical phenomena in ferroics

2020 ◽  
Vol 569 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-69
Author(s):  
Eugene A. Eliseev ◽  
Maya D. Glinchuk ◽  
Yuri A. Genenko ◽  
Anna N. Morozovska
Keyword(s):  
Phenomenological Theory

scholarly journals Fundamental equation of state developed on basis of Migdal’s phenomenological theory of critical point

2020 ◽  
Vol 1683 ◽  
pp. 032026
Author(s):  
S V Rykov ◽  
I V Kudryavtseva ◽  
V A Rykov ◽  
A V Sverdlov ◽  
E E Ustyuzhanin
Keyword(s):  
Equation Of State ◽  
Critical Point ◽  
Fundamental Equation ◽  
Phenomenological Theory ◽  
Fundamental Equation Of State

scholarly journals Self-Organized Criticality on Twitter: Phenomenological Theory and Empirical Investigation Based on Data Analysis Results

Complexity ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrey Dmitriev ◽  
Victor Dmitriev ◽  
Stepan Balybin
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Critical State ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Phenomenological Theory ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Protest Movements ◽  
Self Organized ◽  
Self Organized Criticality ◽  
Stochastic Sources ◽  
Adiabatic Mode

Recently, there has been an increasing number of empirical evidence supporting the hypothesis that spread of avalanches of microposts on social networks, such as Twitter, is associated with some sociopolitical events. Typical examples of such events are political elections and protest movements. Inspired by this phenomenon, we built a phenomenological model that describes Twitter’s self-organization in a critical state. An external manifestation of this condition is the spread of avalanches of microposts on the network. The model is based on a fractional three-parameter self-organization scheme with stochastic sources. It is shown that the adiabatic mode of self-organization in a critical state is determined by the intensive coordinated action of a relatively small number of network users. To identify the critical states of the network and to verify the model, we have proposed a spectrum of three scaling indicators of the observed time series of microposts.

A Phenomenological Theory of Socioeconomic Systems with Spatial Interactions

1982 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 869-888 ◽  
Author(s):  
P F Lesse
Keyword(s):  
Lagrange Multipliers ◽  
Average Cost ◽  
Phenomenological Theory ◽  
Traffic Flows ◽  
Spatial Interactions ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Density Distributions ◽  
Expected Values ◽  
Probability Density Distributions ◽  
The Relationship

This paper deals with a class of models which describe spatial interactions and are based on Jaynes's principle. The variables entering these models can be partitioned in four groups: (a) probability density distributions (for example, relative traffic flows), (b) expected values (average cost of travel), (c) their duals (Lagrange multipliers, traffic impedance coefficient), and (d) operators transforming probabilities into expected values. The paper presents several dual formulations replacing the problem of maximizing entropy in terms of the group of variables (a) by equivalent extreme problems involving groups (b)-(d). These problems form the basis of a phenomenological theory. The theory makes it possible to derive useful relationships among groups (b) and (c). There are two topics discussed: (1) practical application of the theory (with examples), (2) the relationship between socioeconomic modelling and statistical mechanics.

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