Coherent structures in complex systems. Selected papers of the 17 Sitges conference on statistical mechanics, Sitges, Barcelona, Spain, June 5--9, 2000. Preliminary version (Q5942573)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. The preceding conference (16th, 1999) has been reviewed (see Zbl 0941.00044). Indexed articles: \textit{Kida, Shigeo}, Description and dynamics of vortical structures of turbulence, 3-16 [Zbl 1056.76517] \textit{Smits, Alexander J.; Delo, Carl}, Self-sustaining mechanisms of wall turbulence, 17-38 [Zbl 1056.76516] \textit{Jiménez, Javier; Simens, Mark}, The largest scales in turbulent flow: the structures of the wall layer, 39-57 [Zbl 1035.76023] \textit{Manneville, Paul; Dauchot, Olivier}, Patterning and transition to turbulence in subcritical systems: the case of plane Couette flow, 58-79 [Zbl 1056.76513] \textit{Castillo, Luciano; Johansson, Gunnar; Eisenmen, Erik}, Effects of the upstream conditions on the mean statistics of turbulent boundary layers with zero pressure gradient, 80-91 [Zbl 1056.76515] \textit{Ewing, Dan}, Evolution of the large-scale structures in the `far-field' of turbulent shear flows, 92-102 [Zbl 1029.76026] \textit{Muriel, Amador}, Quantum kinetic model of turbulence, 103-113 [Zbl 1056.76518] \textit{Babiano, Armando; Cartwright, Julyan H. E.; Piro, Oreste; Provenzale, Antonello}, The transport of small particles by a fluid, 114-124 [Zbl 1056.76514] \textit{Joulin, Guy; Boury, Gaël; Cambray, Pierre; D'Angelo, Yves; Joulain, Karl}, Nonlinear dynamics of wrinkled premixed flames and related statistical problems, 127-158 [Zbl 1056.80505] \textit{Clavin, Paul}, Gaseous detonations, 181-189 [Zbl 1056.80503] \textit{Maini, Philip K.}, Applications of mathematical modelling to biological pattern formation, 205-217 [Zbl 0985.92011] \textit{Golding, Ido; Ben-Jacob, Eshel}, The artistry of bacterial colonies and the antibiotic crisis, 218-241 [Zbl 1020.92005] \textit{Esipov, Sergei}, Periodicity in age-resolved populations, 242-251 [Zbl 0985.92029] \textit{Mikhailov, Alexander S.; Hildebrand, Michael; Ertl, Gerhard}, Nonequilibrium nanostructures in condensed reactive systems, 252-269 [Zbl 0985.92041] \textit{Ebert, Ute; Arrayás, Manuel}, Pattern formation in electric discharges, 270-282 [Zbl 0995.82524] \textit{Higuera, María J.; Vega, José M.; Knobloch, Edgar}, Interaction of nearly-inviscid, multi-mode Faraday waves and mean flows, 328-337 [Zbl 1056.76511] \textit{Higuera, Francisco J.}, Stationary and oscillatory flow of a charged liquid around a blade electrode, 338-348 [Zbl 1057.76624] \textit{Brey, J. Javier}, Cluster instability in freely evolving granular gases, 392-407 [Zbl 1056.76512] \textit{Brilliantov, Nikolai V.; Pöschel, Thorsten}, Granular gases -- the early stage, 408-419 [Zbl 0992.76080] \textit{Medina, Abraham; Treviño, César; Hernando, Pedro J.; Bonilla, Luis L.}, Experimental and theoretical study of the gravity induced granular flow in two-dimensional silos, 420-435 [Zbl 1056.74523] \textit{Abraham, Farid F.}, Dynamics of fracture, 436-451 [Zbl 1056.74554] \textit{Zapperi, Stefano; Ray, Purusattam; Stanley, H. Eugene; Vespignani, Alessandro}, Avalanches and damage clusters in fracture processes, 452-459 [Zbl 1056.74563]