Competition at the front of expanding populations
Summary
I. Neutral range expansion: Roughness of front of neutral bacteria invading new territory
II. Competition & invasion: Morphologies and growth patterns
III. Specialization: evolution of new traits and universality classes
Rutgers University 2^7 th Statistical Mechanics Conference May 20, 2025
Daniel Swartz, Hyunseok Lee, Kirill Korolev, Lauren Li
Jordan Horowitz, Daniel Beller, Sherry Chu
David's remarkable knack of periodically rejuventing statistical mechanics, drawing new communities to the field, by posing simple yet subtle questions:
Superfluidity and two dimensional melting, fluctuating membranes, flux line phases, icosahedral order in glasses, ...
Range expanssions [looking forward to the next!]
