Dr Rowena Ball, Senior Research Scientist,
Department of Theoretical Physics (room L.2.13 Building 59,
phone 02 61252959)
and Mathematical Sciences Institute (room 1192 Building 27,
phone 02 61250727)
email: Rowena.Ball@anu.edu.au
Link to Web site for the National Royal Commission into the Stolen Careers
Book Chapter:
The case of the trapped singularities
another preprint:
A unified dynamical model for plasma confinement
transitions
Extracts from my
travel diary:
some (scurrilous) musings on Canberra...
Articles for "Encyclopedia
of Nonlinear Science" (Routledge, 2005):
"Fairy rings of mushrooms"
"The Kolmogorov cascade"
"Singularity theory"
1997
Graduation Address:
"Authority and reason on her wait..."
Student
Projects (Click
here or on project titles below for short descriptions of some research
projects that I can supervise.)
1) Energy transfer in biomolecules and molecular motors. How vested interests and misuse of power determine a science, and how to change that.
2) Burning the
biomass to sequester carbon dioxide.
3) Topics in
dynamical systems, stability, and chaos.
file://localhost/http:/wwwrsphysse.anu.edu.au:%257Erxb105:Student%20projects.html
5) From chaos
to structure in turbulent plasma and planetary flows.
Complex
systems science module: Control, Stability, and Bifurcations of Complex
Dynamical Systems
*Download presentation
Some journal
articles:
Ball, R. and McIntosh, A. C. and Brindley, J.
Feedback processes in cellulose thermal decomposition. Implications for
fire-retarding strategies and treatments. Combustion Theory and Modelling 8(2),
281-291, 2004.
A. Kendl, B. D. Scott, R. Ball, and R. L. Dewar.
Turbulent edge structure formation in complex configurations Physics of Plasmas
10(9), 3684-3691, 2003.
Ball, R., Dewar, R. L. and Sugama, H.
Metamorphosis of plasma shear flow-turbulence dynamics through a transcritical
bifurcation. Physical Review E 66, 066408-1-066408-9, 2002.
Ball, R. Understanding critical behaviour through
visualization: A walk around the pitchfork. Computer Physics Communications
142, 71-75, 2001.
Ball, R. and Dewar, R. L. A walk in the parameter
space of L-H transitions without stepping on or through the cracks. Journal of
Plasma and Fusion Research 4, 266-270, 2001.
Ball, R. and Haymet, A. J. D. Bistability and
hysteresis in self-assembling micelle systems: phenomenology and deterministic
dynamics. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 3, 4753-4761, 2001.
Dewar, R. L., Cuthbert, P. and Ball, R. Strong
``quantum'' chaos in the global ballooning mode spectrum of three-dimensional
plasmas. Physical Review Letters 86(10), 2321-2324, 2001.
Ball, R. and Dewar, R. L. Singularity theory
study of overdetermination in models for L-H transitions. Physical Review
Letters 84(14), 3077-3080, 2000.
Ball, R. The origins and limits of thermal steady
state multiplicity in the continuous stirred tank reactor. Proceedings of the
Royal Society of London Series A 455, 163-182, 1999.
Gray, B. F. and Ball, R. Thermal stabilization of
chemical reactors. I. The mathematical description of the Endex reactor.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A 455, 163-182, 1999.
Ball, R. and Gray, B. F. Thermal stabilization of
chemical reactors. II. Bifurcation analysis of the Endex reactor. Proceedings
of the Royal Society of London Series A 455, 4223-4243, 1999.
Ball, R., McIntosh, A. C. and Brindley, J.
Thermokinetic models for simultaneous reactions: a comparative study.
Combustion Theory and Modelling 3(3), 447-468, 1999.
Ball, R. V., Eckert, G. M., Gutmann, F. and Wong,
D. K. Y. An electrochemical and spectrophotometric study of some
charge-transfer complexes involving drug molecules in acetonitrile.
Electroanalalysis 8, 66-74, 1996.
Ball, R. and Gray, B. F. Transient thermal
behaviour of the hydration of 2,3-epoxy-1-propanol in a continuously stirred
tank reactor. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 34(11), 3726-3736,
1995.
Ball, R. V., Eckert, G. M.,
Gutmann, F. and Wong, D. K. Y. Electrochemical study of amiodarone
charge-transfer complexes. Analytical Chemistry 66(7), 1198-1203, 1994.
Now available:
Nonlinear
Dynamics: From Lasers to Butterflies
Lectures from the
15th Canberra International Physics Summer School, 2002.
*Click here to download preface and table of
contents.
This book
is an inspirational introduction to modern research directions and scholarship
in nonlinear dynamics, and will also be a valuable reference for researchers in
the field. With the scholarly level aimed at the beginning graduate student,
the book will have broad appeal to those with an undergraduate background in
mathematical or physical sciences. In addition to pedagogical and new material,
each chapter reviews the current state of the area and discusses classic and
open problems in engaging, surprisingly non-technical ways.
The contributors
are Brian Davies (bifurcations in maps), Nalini Joshi (integrable systems and
asymptotics), Alan Newell (wave turbulence and pattern formation), Mark
Ablowitz (nonlinear waves), Carl Weiss (spatial solitons), Cathy Holmes
(Hamiltonian systems), Tony Roberts (dissipative fluid mechanics), Jorgen
Frederiksen (two-dimensional turbulence), and Mike Lieberman (Fermi
acceleration). Readership: Graduate students and researchers in mathematics and
the physical sciences.
Copies of this
book may be purchased from the Centre for Complex Systems for AU$55 incl.
p&p. (Note that the publisher's retail price is ~US$80!) Please send your
request specifying the number of copies you want, a cheque for the appropriate
amount, and a return address and contact e-mail to:
Centre for
Complex Systems, Department of Theoretical Physics Bldg. 59, The Australian
National University, Canberra ACT 0200 AUSTRALIA.
Contact
administration e-mail for enquiries: adm105@rsphysse.anu.edu.au
Pictures:
Turbulent unmixing on the kitchen stove.