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  • Continuum approaches for modeling radiation-induced self-organization in materials: From the rate theory to the phase field approach
  • David Simeone, Joel Ribis, Laurence Luneville
  • Journal: Journal of Materials Research / Volume 33 / Issue 4 / 28 February 2018
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 February 2018, pp. 440-454
  • Print publication: 28 February 2018
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    Microstructural patterns resulting from self-organization are responsible for phase transitions and property changes in many materials maintained far from the thermodynamic equilibrium. Understanding the origin and the selection of possible spatiotemporal patterns for dissipative systems, i.e., systems for which the energy is not conserved, is a major theme of research opening doors to many technological applications ranging from plasmonics to metamaterials. Almost forty years after Turing’s seminal paper on patterning, progress on modeling instabilities leading to pattern formation has been achieved. The first part of this work demonstrates that main field approaches succeeded in capturing the underlying physics responsible for the formation of radiation-induced spatiotemporal patterns experimentally observed. The second part of the text highlights the interest of the phase field method, a self-consistent mean field approach, to discuss the evolution of these patterns in a universal picture neglecting specific aspects of radiation-induced dynamics.

  • Appendix 1 - Mackerras in Performance
  • Edited by Nigel Simeone, John Tyrrell
  • Book: Charles Mackerras
  • Published by: Boydell & Brewer
  • Published online: 05 May 2015
  • Print publication: 16 April 2015, pp 205-231
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    Summary

    A comprehensive documentation of the performances conducted by Charles Mackerras over more than sixty years is beyond the scope of this book. The following lists include performances that Mackerras conducted with some of the opera companies and orchestras with which he worked closely, and they also relate to specific chapters in the book. Mackerras was an astonishingly busy conductor, so these lists can only give a snapshot of his activity with a few selected organisations. Each list is as complete as we have been able to make it with the information available.

    A SWO/ENO performances, 1970–77

    B Janáček opera performances, 1951–2010

    C San Francisco Opera performances, 1969–2000

    D WNO performances, 1950–2009

    E ROH performances, 1955–2010

    F Performances in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, and with Czech orchestras abroad, 1961–2008

    G OAE performances, 1987–2010

    H SCO performances, 1993–2010

    I Philharmonia performances, 2002–09

    A SWO/ENO performances, 1970–77

    (See Chapter 1)

    The following is a list of operas conducted by Mackerras with SWO/ENO during his time as the company's Music Director. Figures in brackets represent the number of performances of each work Mackerras conducted, including those on tour (at home and abroad) as well as concert performances at the BBC Proms. Performances with the company after 1 January 1978 are not included.

    1970

    New productions: Beethoven: Leonore, p. Basil Coleman, d. Tony Abbott, Joan and Ann Bloomfield (7); Bizet: Carmen, p. John Copley, d. Stefanos Lazaridis and David Walker (5).

    revivals: Mozart: The Magic Flute (1); Mozart: Don Giovanni (4); Mozart: Idomeneo (2); Puccini: La Bohème (1); Wagner: The Flying Dutchman (2). Total: 22

    1970/1

    New productions: Handel: Semele, p. and d. Filippo Sanjust (6); Beethoven: Fidelio, p. and d. as for Leonore in 1970 (5); Mozart: The Seraglio, p. Copley, d. Lazaridis (3).

    revivals: Bizet: Carmen (4); Mozart: The Magic Flute (6); Puccini: Madam Butterfly (6); Rossini: The Barber of Seville (4); J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus (3); Janáček: The Makropulos Case (4); Wagner: The Valkyrie (2).

Charles Mackerras
  • Charles Mackerras
  • Edited by Nigel Simeone, John Tyrrell
  • Published by: Boydell & Brewer
  • Published online: 05 May 2015
  • Print publication: 16 April 2015
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    By the time of his death in 2010 at the age of 84, Sir Charles Mackerras had achieved widespread recognition, recorded extensively and developed into a conductor of major international significance. In addition to areas in which he already had forged a distinctive and definitive profile (Janacek, Mozart, Handel, Sullivan) he revisited - and rethought - much of the standard repertoire. The last thirty years were particularly momentous in the coming to fruition of so many cherished projects: not only the Janacek operas but the Gilbert and Sullivan series, the Mozart operas, the two Beethoven cycles, other projects with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Schumann and Brahms at Edinburgh; the outstanding late Mozart) and at the Royal Opera House and the Met. Unspoilt by fame, and undeterred by personal tragedies and increasing physical frailty, he remained productive and inventive: for him music-making, whether with world-class professionals or with students, was a kind of joyous oxygen that kept him going right to the end. A detailed narrative account of his life by Nigel Simeone is complemented by chapters written by performers and scholars who worked closely with him: Alfred Brendel, Dame Janet Baker, David Lloyd-Jones, Dame Anne Evans, Sir Antonio Pappano, Sir Nicholas Hytner, John Tyrrell and Jiri Zahradka. There are also chapters based on interviews with his family. The book is illustrated with photographs, both informal and professional, and is supplemented by an up-to-date discography, by listings of all the performances of Janacek operas Sir Charles conducted and of all his concerts in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. While Sir Charles' whole life is considered, emphasis is given to his final quarter century in which so many important projects were realized. This book celebrates and epitomizes an exceptional life. NIGEL SIMEONE has published books on Janacek, Messiaen and Bernstein. JOHN TYRRELL has published books on Janacek and Czech opera and, with Sir Charles Mackerras, edited two Janacek operas. Contributors: Janet Baker, Alfred Brendel, Ales Brezina, Rosenna East, Anne Evans, Nicholas Hytner, Simon Keenlyside, David Lloyd-Jones, David Mackie, Chi-chi Nwanoku, Antonio Pappano, Nigel Simeone, John Stein, Heinz Stolba, Patrick Summers, John Tyrrell, Malcolm Walker, David Whelton, Jiri Zahradka.
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Edited by Nigel Simeone, John Tyrrell
  • Book: Charles Mackerras
  • Published by: Boydell & Brewer
  • Published online: 05 May 2015
  • Print publication: 16 April 2015, pp xi-xiii
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    Summary

    The idea for this book came originally from members of the Mackerras family, particularly Charles's widow, Judy, who saw the text in proof before her death on 13 December 2014, his daughter Catherine (Cathy) and his sisters Joan and Elizabeth. Since both authors have been passionate admirers of Mackerras's conducting for many years, it was an opportunity we relished. At our initial meeting with Cathy, she encouraged us to develop the project as we thought best, and offered generous support. This included access to her father's private papers, which has enabled us to publish a number of letters and documents for the first time, shedding light on several significant aspects of his career and his working methods. An important consideration from the outset was how our book could usefully complement Nancy Phelan's admirable 1987 biography, Charles Mackerras: A Musician's Musician. One obvious way was to concentrate on the years since Phelan's book was published, which included some of the busiest and most rewarding of Charles's career. Moreover, this book was an opportunity to evaluate the whole of a remarkable life in music. To do that more effectively, we decided to include chapters on specific composers and on his relationships with particular musicians, opera companies and orchestras.

    This book is neither a conventional biography, nor is it a symposium, but it aims to combine elements of both: chapters on periods in Mackerras's career are interwoven with more specialised essays and shorter contributions which aim to illuminate his approach to music-making from those who saw it at close quarters. To do this effectively, we asked a number of people who worked closely with Mackerras to write about their collaborations with him. The response from all those we asked was unfailingly positive, and their contributions are informative as well as affectionate, helping the reader to understand more fully how he worked and some of the life-long musical enthusiasms that drove him.

  • Characterization of radiation damage in ceramics: Old challenge new issues?
  • David Simeone, Jean Marc Costantini, Laurence Luneville, Lionel Desgranges, Patrick Trocellier, Philippe Garcia
  • Journal: Journal of Materials Research / Volume 30 / Issue 9 / 14 May 2015
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 April 2015, pp. 1495-1515
  • Print publication: 14 May 2015
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    This work is an overview of the physical approaches required for characterizing and understanding the long-term evolution of ceramics under irradiation. Because this subject is complex and has many ramifications, we have chosen to address the problem by looking at the behavior of a number of key ceramics. In the first part of this work, we present the physical mechanisms responsible for the production of primary defects, pointing out the main differences between metals, semiconductors, and insulators. In part two, we attempt to show how devoted experimental techniques can combine with transmission electron microscopy and x-ray techniques to provide a clearer picture of the long-term evolution of the microstructure of ceramics under irradiation. The last part of this work is devoted to discussing different approaches to explain and describe the long-term behavior of irradiated ceramics.

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