Batterman, Robert (2005) "Fundamental Physics": Molecular Dynamics vs. Hydrodynamics. [Preprint]

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This paper concerns the scale related decoupling of the physics of breaking drops and considers the phenomenon from the point of view of both hydrodynamics and molecular dynamics at the nanolevel. It takes the shape of droplets at breakup to be an example of a genuinely emergent phenomenon---one whose explanation depends essentially on the phenomenological (non-fundamental) theory of Navier-Stokes. Certain conclusions about the nature of "fundamental" theory are drawn.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Batterman, Robert
Keywords:	emergence, intertheory relations, condensed matter physics, universality, Navier-Stokes, molecular dynamics, Nanoscale physics
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics
Depositing User:	rbatterm rbatterm rbatterm
Date Deposited:	19 May 2005
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:10
Item ID:	582
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics
Date:	May 2005
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/582

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• Batterman, Robert "Fundamental Physics": Molecular Dynamics vs. Hydrodynamics. (deposited 19 May 2005) [Currently Displayed]
  • Kallfelz, William Methodological Fundamentalism: or why Batterman’s Different Notions of ‘Fundamentalism’ may not make a Difference. (deposited 21 Jun 2006)

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