ARC Complex Open Systems Research Network

Professor Bambi Hu

 

Chair Professor and Head Address: Department of Physics Hong Kong Baptist University Kowloon Tong Hong Kong Phone: (852) 3411-7029 Fax: (852) 3411-5813 Email: bhu@hkbu.edu.hk Research Node: International

 

Role in Network

Academic - Researcher

COSNet Research Themes

1. Irreversibility and Emergence in Nonequilibrium Systems
2. Turbulence and Coherent Structures, Control and Computation
3. Dynamics and Statistics of Multi-Scale Systems
4. Network Theory
5. Cellular Automata, Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation

COSNet Application Areas

1. Complex Physical Systems
2. Complex Biological Systems
3. Complex Computational Systems
4. Complex Socio-Economic Systems

 

Research Topics

1. Heat conduction in nonlinear systems
2. Frenkel-Kontorova Model
3. Quantum chaos
4. Synchronization and control of chaos
5. Networks
 

Publications

1. B. Hu, B.Li, and H. Zhao, "Heat conduction in one-dimensional chains", Phys. Rev. E 57, 2992 (1998).
2. Z. Zheng, G.Hu, and B. Hu, "Phase slips and phase synchronization of coupled oscillators", Phy. Rev. Lett. 81, 5318 (1998).
3. B. Hu, B. Li, J. Liu, and Y. Gu, "Quantum chaos of a kicked particle in an infinite potential well", Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 4224 (1999)
4. B. Hu and J. Tekic, "Breather induced modification of the speed of sound", Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 035502 (2001).
5. C. Zhou, J. Kurths, and B. Hu, "Array enhanced coherence resonance: Nontrivial effects of heterogeneity and spatial independence of noise", Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 098101 (2001).
6. P. Tong, B. Li, and B. Hu, "Electronic properties in a 1D Frenekel-Kontorova model", Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 046804 (2002).
7. B. Li, L. Wang, and B. Hu, "Finite thermal conductivity in 1D models having zero Lyapunov exponents", Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 223901 (2002).
8. B. Hu, B. Jin, L. Wang, and H. Yang, "Comment on 'Finite heat conduction in a 2D disorder lattice'", Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 119401 (2003).
9. G.V. Osipov, B. Hu, C. Zhou, M.V. Ivanchenko, and J. Kurths, "Three types of transition to phase synchronization in coupled chaotic oscillators", Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 024101 (2003).
10. B. Hu, L. Yang, and Y. Zhang, "Asymmetric heat conduction in nonlinear lattices", Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 124302 (2006).












 

End-User Applications

Design of thermal devices such as thermal rectifiers, diodes and transistors.  

Professional or Public Outreach Activities

1. Dynamics Days Asia-Pacific
2. The Beijing-Hong Kong-Singapore Joint Centre for Nonlinear and Complex Systems  

Grants

Hong Kong Research Grants Council HKBU 2007/06P  

Membership/Fellowship of Key Organisations

American Physical Society
Physical Society of Hong Kong  

Awards and Distinctions

Phi Beta Kappa