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Michel Peyrard is a researcher affiliated with École Normale Supérieure de Lyon in France. Their work spans several areas within physics and related interdisciplinary fields, focusing notably on modeling and simulation, economics and econometrics, molecular biology, materials chemistry, and condensed matter physics.

The scientist's recent publications cover a diverse range of topics and have appeared in multiple research venues. Their papers include:

  • Memory effects in glasses: Insights into the thermodynamics of out-of-equilibrium systems revealed by a simple model of the Kovacs effect, 2020, Physical Review E
  • What can we learn from the dynamics of the Covid-19 epidemic?, 2023, Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science
  • Melting transition of oriented Li-DNA fibers submerged in ethanol solutions, 2021, Biopolymers
  • Comment on "Dynamically induced heat rectification in quantum systems", 2020, Physical Review E
  • What can we learn from the dynamics of the Covid-19 epidemic?, 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)

Their research topics cover multiple dimensions of complex physical and biological systems, including:

  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis
  • Material Dynamics and Properties
  • Theoretical and Computational Physics
  • Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
  • Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry

Michel Peyrard frequently collaborates with other researchers. Among their frequent co-authors are Jean-Luc Garden, Adrián González, Andrew Wildes, Estelle Mossou, and Viviana Cristiglio. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary engagement across various scientific domains.

The primary publication venues for their work include:

  • Physical Review E
  • Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science
  • Biopolymers
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Michel Peyrard's research integrates elements of physics and astronomy, emphasizing theoretical and computational approaches to various phenomena. Their exploration of epidemiological dynamics related to COVID-19 intersects with economics and complex systems modeling. The combination of molecular biology and materials chemistry in some of their work further illustrates the multidisciplinary nature of their scientific contributions.

Best Publications

  • Statistical mechanics of a nonlinear model for DNA denaturation

    M. Peyrard;A. R. Bishop

  • Physics of solitons

    Thierry Dauxois;Michel Peyrard

  • Controlling the Energy Flow in Nonlinear Lattices: A Model for a Thermal Rectifier

    M. Terraneo;M. Peyrard;G. Casati;G. Casati

  • Entropy-driven DNA denaturation.

    Thierry Dauxois;Michel Peyrard;A. R. Bishop

  • Nonlinear dynamics and statistical physics of DNA

    Michel Peyrard

  • Modulational instabilities in discrete lattices

    Yuri S. Kivshar;Michel Peyrard

  • Dynamics and thermodynamics of a nonlinear model for DNA denaturation.

    Thierry Dauxois;Michel Peyrard;A. R. Bishop

  • Kink dynamics in the highly discrete sine-Gordon system

    Michel Peyrard;Martin D. Kruskal

  • Critical behaviour at the transition by breaking of analyticity in the discrete Frenkel-Kontorova model

    M Peyrard;S Aubry

  • Energy localization in nonlinear lattices.

    Thierry Dauxois;Michel Peyrard

  • Internal Modes of Solitary Waves

    Yuri S. Kivshar;Dmitry E. Pelinovsky;Thierry Cretegny;Michel Peyrard

  • Modulational instability: first step towards energy localization in nonlinear lattices

    Isabelle Daumont;Thierry Dauxois;Michel Peyrard

  • Entropy-driven transition in a one-dimensional system.

    Thierry Dauxois;Michel Peyrard

  • Solitonlike excitations in a one-dimensional atomic chain with a nonlinear deformable substrate potential

    M. Peyrard;M. Remoissenet

  • The design of a thermal rectifier

    Michel Peyrard

  • Solitary wave collisions revisited

    D K Campbell;M Peyrard

  • The Fermi–Pasta–Ulam 'numerical experiment': history and pedagogical perspectives

    Thierry Dauxois;Michel Peyrard;Stefano Ruffo;Stefano Ruffo

  • Simple models of non-linearDNA dynamics

    G. Gaeta;C. Reiss;M. Peyrard;T. Dauxois

  • Order of the Phase Transition in Models of DNA Thermal Denaturation

    Nikos Theodorakopoulos;Thierry Dauxois;Michel Peyrard

  • Interaction of discrete breathers with impurity modes

    Kyle Forinash;Michel Peyrard;Boris Malomed

  • Dynamics of two-component solitary waves in hydrogen-bonded chains

    M. Peyrard;St. Pnevmatikos;N. Flytzanis

Frequent Co-Authors

Thierry Dauxois
Thierry Dauxois École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Erio Tosatti
Erio Tosatti International School for Advanced Studies
Yuri S. Kivshar
Yuri S. Kivshar Australian National University
Bambi Hu
Bambi Hu University of Houston
Anny Usheva
Anny Usheva Brown University
Boris A. Malomed
Boris A. Malomed Tel Aviv University
Lionel Porcar
Lionel Porcar Institut Laue-Langevin
Anne L. Martel
Anne L. Martel University of Toronto
Dmitry E. Pelinovsky
Dmitry E. Pelinovsky McMaster University

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