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15th Course of the INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF STATISTICAL PHYSICS New Trends in Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics: Classical and Quantum Systems (nesmcq18) Directors of the School: P. Hänggi, F. Marchesoni Chair: B. Spagnolo co-Chair: D. Valenti INVITED SPEAKERS E. Barkai, Ramat Gan, IL July 25-31 2018 A. Braggio, NEST, Pisa, IT The nonlinear relaxation process in many condensed matter systems proceeds M. Campisi, Firenze, IT A. Carollo, Palermo, IT through metastable states, giving rise to long-lived states. Stochastic many- F. Ciccarello, Palermo, IT A. Cuccoli, Firenze, IT body systems, classical and quantum, often display a complex and slow G. Falci, Catania, IT relaxation towards a stationary state. A common phenomenon in the dynamics R. Fazio, ICTP, Trieste, IT A. Gambassi, SISSA, Trieste, IT of out of equilibrium systems is the metastability, and the problem of the C. Guarcello, NEST, Pisa, IT lifetime of metastable states involves fundamental aspects of nonequilibrium S. Iubini, CNR, Firenze, IT M. Kastner*, NITheP, ZA statistical mechanics. In spite of such ubiquity, the microscopic understanding A. Lanzara, Berkeley, USA of metastability and related out of equilibrium dynamics still raise fundamental R. Livi, Firenze, IT N. Lo Gullo, Turku, FI questions. L. Magazzù, Regensburg, DE V. Marinari, Rome, IT The aim of this meeting is to bring together scientists interested in the J. Marino, Cambridge, USA R. Meltzer*, Postdam, DE challenging problems connected with dynamics of out of equilibrium classical M. Paternostro, Belfast, UK and quantum physical systems from both theoretical and experimental point of E. Paladino, Catania, IT view, within an interdisciplinary context. Specifically, three main areas of out- J.
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