Publications (122)
Theory of Double-Sided Flux Decorations
M. Cristina Marchetti, David R. Nelson
Nutrient Shielding in Clusters of Cells
Maxim O. Lavrentovich, John H. Koschwanez, David R. Nelson
Dynamics of Molecular Motors with Finite Processivity on Heterogeneous Tracks
Yariv Kafri, David K. Lubensky, David R. Nelson
Rotational Invariance and the Theory of Directed Polymer Nematics
Randall D. Kamien, Pierre Le Doussal, David R. Nelson
Statistical Mechanics of Vacancy and Interstitial Strings in Hexagonal Columnar Crystals
Shilpa Jain, David R. Nelson
Competition and cooperation in one-dimensional stepping stone models
K. S. Korolev, David R. Nelson
Dynamics of Molecular Motors and Polymer Translocation with Sequence Heterogeneity
Yariv Kafri, David K. Lubensky, David R. Nelson
Vortex Pinning and Non-Hermitian Quantum Mechanics
Naomichi Hatano, David R. Nelson
Radial Domany-Kinzel Models with Mutation and Selection
Maxim O. Lavrentovich, Kirill S. Korolev, David R. Nelson
A Quasispecies on a Moving Oasis
Michael M. Desai, David R. Nelson
Non-Hermitian Luttinger liquids and flux line pinning in planar superconductors
Ian Affleck, Walter Hofstetter, David R. Nelson +1
Evolutionary Dynamics with Fluctuating Population Sizes and Strong Mutualism
Thiparat Chotibut, David R. Nelson
Population dynamics at high Reynolds number
Prasad Perlekar, Roberto Benzi, David R. Nelson +1
Direct Visualization of Dislocation Dynamics in Grain Boundary Scars
Peter Lipowsky, Mark J. Bowick, Jan H. Meinke +2
Defects on cylinders: superfluid helium films and bacterial cell walls
David R. Nelson, Ariel Amir
Irreversibility, Mechanical Entanglement and Thermal Melting in Superconducting Vortex Crystals with Point Impurities
Deniz Ertas, David R. Nelson
Interacting Topological Defects on Frozen Topographies
Mark J. Bowick, David R. Nelson, Alex Travesset
Genetic drift at expanding frontiers promotes gene segregation
Oskar Hallatschek, Pascal Hersen, Sharad Ramanathan +1
Crystallography on Curved Surfaces
Vincenzo Vitelli, Julius B. Lucks, David R. Nelson
Striated Populations in Disordered Environments with Advection
Thiparat Chotibut, David R. Nelson, Sauro Succi
Kirigami mechanics as stress relief by elastic charges
Michael Moshe, Edward Esposito, Suraj Shankar +4
Population dynamics in compressible flows
Roberto Benzi, Mogens H. Jensen, David R. Nelson +3
Life and Death near a Windy Oasis
Karin A. Dahmen, David R. Nelson, Nadav M. Shnerb
Growth, competition and cooperation in spatial population genetics
Simone Pigolotti, Roberto Benzi, Prasad Perlekar Mogens H. Jensen +2
Unzipping flux lines from extended defects in type-II superconductors
Yariv Kafri, David R. Nelson, Anatoli Polkovnikov
Statistical Physics of Unzipping DNA
David R. Nelson
Surface wave scattering at nonuniform fluid interfaces
T. Chou, David R. Nelson
Defects in Chiral Columnar Phases: Tilt Grain Boundaries and Iterated Moire Maps
Randall D. Kamien, David R. Nelson
Non-Hermitian Localization and Population Biology
David R. Nelson, Nadav M. Shnerb
Theory of interacting dislocations on cylinders
Ariel Amir, Jayson Paulose, David R. Nelson
Non-Hermitian Delocalization and Eigenfunctions
Naomichi Hatano, David R. Nelson
Defect-Mediated Emulsification in Two Dimensions
K. S. Korolev, David R. Nelson
Sequence heterogeneity and the dynamics of molecular motors
Yariv Kafri, David R. Nelson
Unzipping Vortices in Type-II Superconductors
Yariv Kafri, David R. Nelson, Anatoli Polkovnikov
Effects of kinked linear defects on planar flux line arrays
Eleni Katifori, David R. Nelson
Hexatic Order and Surface Ripples in Spherical Geometries
Peter Lenz, David R. Nelson
Population Dynamics and Non-Hermitian Localization
Karin A. Dahmen, David R. Nelson, Nadav M. Shnerb
Iterated Moire Maps and Braiding of Chiral Polymer Crystals
Randall D. Kamien, David R. Nelson
Grain Boundary Buckling and Spin Glass Models of Disorder in Membranes
Carlo Carraro, David R. Nelson
Life at the front of an expanding population
Oskar Hallatschek, David R. Nelson
Localization behavior of vibrational modes in granular packings
Zorana Zeravcic, Wim van Saarloos, David R. Nelson
Nonlinear mechanics of thin frames
Michael Moshe, Edward Esposito, Suraj Shankar +4
Non-Hermitian Luttinger Liquids and Vortex Physics
Walter Hofstetter, Ian Affleck, David R. Nelson +1
Transverse Meissner Physics of Planar Superconductors with Columnar Pins
Gil Refael, Walter Hofstetter, David R. Nelson
Pinning and Tribology of Tethered Monolayers on Disordered Substrates
Carlo Carraro, David R. Nelson
Survival Probabilities at Spherical Frontiers
Maxim O. Lavrentovich, David R. Nelson
Crystalline Order on a Sphere and the Generalized Thomson Problem
Mark Bowick, Angelo Cacciuto, David R. Nelson +1
Shear Unzipping of DNA
Buddhapriya Chakrabarti, David R. Nelson
Hexatic Undulations in Curved Geometries
Peter Lenz, David R. Nelson
Superfluid Bosons and Flux Liquids: Disorder, Thermal Fluctuations, and Finite-Size Effects
Uwe C. Täuber, David R. Nelson
Directed Polymer Blends and Quantum Critical Phenomena
Randall D. Kamien, David R. Nelson
Genome landscapes and bacteriophage codon usage
Julius B. Lucks, David R. Nelson, Grzegorz Kudla +1
Gene surfing
Oskar Hallatschek, David R. Nelson
Free Energies of Isolated 5- and 7-fold Disclinations in Hexatic Membranes
Michael W. Deem, David R. Nelson
Localization transitions in non-Hermitian quantum mechanics
Naomichi Hatano, David R. Nelson
Towards a Tetravalent Chemistry of Colloids
David R. Nelson
Polymer Braids and Iterated Moire Maps
David R. Nelson, Randall D. Kamien
Mechanical Properties of Warped Membranes
Andrej Kosmrlj, David R. Nelson
Statistical mechanics of thin spherical shells
Andrej Kosmrlj, David R. Nelson
Vortices in Superfluid Films on Curved Surfaces
Ari M. Turner, Vincenzo Vitelli, David R. Nelson
Single Molecule Statistics and the Polynucleotide Unzipping Transition
David K. Lubensky, David R. Nelson
Fixation Probabilities in Weakly Compressible Fluid Flows
Abigail Plummer, Roberto Benzi, David R. Nelson +1
Coulomb Gap and Correlated Vortex Pinning in Superconductors
Uwe C. Täuber, Hongjie Dai, David R. Nelson +1
Defect generation and deconfinement on corrugated topographies
Vincenzo Vitelli, David R. Nelson
Cumulative compressibility effects on population dynamics in turbulent flows
Prasad Perlekar, Roberto Benzi, David R. Nelson +1
Interstitial Fractionalization and Spherical Crystallography
Mark J. Bowick, David R. Nelson, Homin Shin
Non-Hermitian Localization in Biological Networks
Ariel Amir, Naomichi Hatano, David R. Nelson
Light Induced Melting of Colloidal Crystals in Two Dimensions
Erwin Frey, David R. Nelson, Leo Radzihovsky
A Quantitative Test of Population Genetics Using Spatio-Genetic Patterns in Bacterial Colonies
Kirill S. Korolev, Joao B. Xavier, David R. Nelson +1
Vortex Pinning and the Non-Hermitian Mott Transition
Raphael A. Lehrer, David R. Nelson
Vortex Line Fluctuations in Superconductors from Elementary Quantum Mechanics
David R. Nelson
Asymmetric Mutualism in Two- and Three-Dimensional Range Expansions
Maxim O. Lavrentovich, David R. Nelson
Fluctuations and Intrinsic Pinning in Layered Superconductors
Leon Balents, David R. Nelson
Vortex pinning by a columnar defect in planar superconductors with point disorder
Anatoli Polkovnikov, Yariv Kafri, David R. Nelson
Bending forces plastically deform growing bacterial cell walls
Ariel Amir, Farinaz Babaeipour, Dustin B. McIntosh +2
Nematic textures in spherical shells
Vincenzo Vitelli, David R. Nelson
Interstitials, Vacancies, and Supersolid Order in Vortex Crystals
Erwin Frey, David R. Nelson, Daniel S. Fisher
Spatial gene drives and pushed genetic waves
Hidenori Tanaka, Howard A. Stone, David R. Nelson
Winding Numbers, Complex Currents, and Non-Hermitian Localization
Nadav M. Shnerb, David R. Nelson
Interaction effects in non-Hermitian models of vortex physics
Kihong Kim, David R. Nelson
Geometric Theory of Columnar Phases on Curved Substrates
Christian D. Santangelo, Vincenzo Vitelli, Randall D. Kamien +1
Evolution in range expansions with competition at rough boundaries
Sherry Chu, Mehran Kardar, David R. Nelson +1
Population genetics in compressible flows
Simone Pigolotti, Roberto Benzi, Mogens H. Jensen +1
Patterned Geometries and Hydrodynamics at the Vortex Bose Glass Transition
M. Cristina Marchetti, David R. Nelson
Thermal stiffening of clamped elastic ribbons
Duanduan Wan, David R. Nelson, Mark J. Bowick
Defects in Superfluids, Superconductors and Membranes
David R. Nelson
Thermal Excitations of Warped Membranes
Andrej Kosmrlj, David R. Nelson
Statistical mechanics of specular reflections from fluctuating membranes and interfaces
Amir Azadi, David R. Nelson
Non-Hookean statistical mechanics of clamped graphene ribbons
Mark J. Bowick, Andrej Kosmrlj, David R. Nelson +1
Polymer Winding Numbers and Quantum Mechanics
David R. Nelson, Ady Stern
Dislocation-mediated growth of bacterial cell walls
Ariel Amir, David R. Nelson
Response of thermalized ribbons to pulling and bending
Andrej Kosmrlj, David R. Nelson
Fisher equation with turbulence in one dimension
Roberto Benzi, David R. Nelson
Conditions for extreme sensitivity of protein diffusion in membranes to cell environments
Yaroslav Tserkovnyak, David R. Nelson
Fluctuating shells under pressure
Jayson Paulose, Gerard A. Vliegenthart, Gerhard Gompper +1
Novel Phases and Reentrant Melting of Two Dimensional Colloidal Crystals
Leo Radzihovsky, Erwin Frey, David R. Nelson
Buckling Instabilities of a Confined Colloid Crystal Layer
T Chou, David R. Nelson
Interactions, Distribution of Pinning Energies, and Transport in the Bose Glass Phase of Vortices in Superconductors
Uwe C. T"auber, David R. Nelson
Elastic Platonic Shells
Ee Hou Yong, David R. Nelson, L. Mahadevan
Vortex pinning by meandering line defects in planar superconductors
Eleni Katifori, David R. Nelson