Measuring, characterizing, and modelling the slow dynamics of glassy soft matter is a great
challenge, with an impact that ranges from industrial applications to fundamental issues in …

We present a descriptive review of physical problems dealing with extreme values in several
fields of physics. We consider different physical situations involving random variables that …

The human alpha (8–12 Hz) rhythm is one of the most prominent, robust, and widely studied
attributes of ongoing cortical activity. Contrary to the prevalent notion that it simply “waxes …

We consider the probability distribution for fluctuations in dynamical action and similar
quantities related to dynamic heterogeneity. We argue that the so-called “glass transition” is …

The brain is widely assumed to be a paradigmatic example of a complex, self-organizing
system. As such, it should exhibit the classic hallmarks of nonlinearity, multistability, and …

We report a similarity of fluctuations in equilibrium critical phenomena and nonequilibrium
systems, which is based on the concept of natural time. The worldwide seismicity as well as …

Molecular dynamics simulations enable access to free energy differences governing the
driving force underlying all biological processes. In the current chapter we describe …

We show that dry active nematics, eg, collections of shaken elongated granular particles,
exhibit large-scale spatiotemporal chaos made of interacting dense, ordered, bandlike …

We study finite-size scaling of the roughness of signals in systems displaying Gaussian 1/f
power spectra. It is found that one of the extreme value distributions, the Fisher-Tippett …

Plasma fluctuations in the scrape-off layer (SOL) of the TCV tokamak exhibit statistical
properties which are universal across a broad range of discharge conditions. Electron …