Seminars

• Boltzmann and the interpretation of entropy, Naples, June 9, 2011


• Fluctuation Relations in Physical Biology, Águas de Lindóia (Brazil), May 11, 2010


• Population genetics and evolutionary dynamics I, Bruxelles, January 21, 2010


• Population genetics and evolutionary dynamics II, Bruxelles, January 22, 2010


• Population genetics and evolutionary dynamics III, Bruxelles, January 22, 2010


• The puzzle of the evolutionary dynamics of influenza, Stockholm, May 8, 2008


• The entropy flow in out-of-equilibrium systems, Dresden (Germany), July 3, 2007


• Fluctuation relations and some applications, Napoli (Italy), March 3, 2006


• Work distribution in manipulated systems, Saclay (France), October 10, 2005


• A minimal stochastic model for Influenza A dynamics, Berlin, Otto Warburg School, Sept 2, 2005


• Motori molecolari: Raddrizzare il moto browniano, Torino, 9 June 2005 (in Italian)

Recent and chosen publications

• Modeling microevolution in a changing environment: The evolving quasispecies and the Diluted Champion Process,

Ginestra Bianconi, Davide Fichera, Silvio Franz and Luca Peliti, J. Stat. Mech. (2011) P08022, q-bio arXiv:1010.3539, PDF
 
• Membrane stress tensor in the presence of lipid density and composition inhomogeneities,

Anne-Florence Bitbol, Luca Peliti and Jean-Baptiste Fournier, Eur. Phys. J. E (2011) 34: 53, cond-mat arXiv:1010.3857, PDF
 
• Work distribution in manipulated single biomolecules,

A Imparato and L Peliti, Phys. Biol. 6, 025011 (2009). cond-mat arXiv:0901.2666, PDF
 
• Comment on "Failure of the work-Hamiltonian connection for free energy calculations",

Luca Peliti, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 098903 (2008). cond-mat arXiv:0808.2055, PDF
 
• On the work-Hamiltonian connection in manipulated systems,

L. Peliti, JSTAT: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, P05002 (2008). PDF
 
• Work and heat probability distribution for an optically driven Brownian particle: Theory and experiments,

A. Imparato, L. Peliti, G. Pesce, G. Rusciano, A. Sasso, Phys Rev. E 76, 050101(R) (2007), cond-mat arXiv:0707.0439, PDF
 
• Work and heat probability distributions in out-of-equilibrium systems,

Alberto Imparato and Luca Peliti, C. R. Physique 8 (2007) 556-566. cond-mat arXiv:0708.0740, PDF
 
• Selection and population size effects in evolutionary dynamics,

Sumedha, Olivier C Martin, Luca Peliti.
JSTAT: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (2007), P05011 q-bio.PE/0610034, PDF
 
• The distribution function of entropy flow in stochastic systems,

Alberto Imparato and Luca Peliti.
JSTAT: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, L02001 (2007). cond-mat/0611078, PDF
 
• On the equipartition of energy in an ideal gas mixture,

Luca Peliti, European Journal of Physics, 28 (2007) 249-254 physics/0610189, PDF
 
• Fluctuation relations for a driven Brownian particle,

A. Imparato and L. Peliti, Phys. Rev. E, 74, 026106 (2006). cond-mat/0603506 PDF
 
• Direct evaluation of large-deviation functions,

Cristian Giardinà, Jorge Kurchan, Luca Peliti. Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 120603 (2006). cond-mat/0511248, PDF
 
• Evaluation of free energy landscapes from manipulation experiments,

Alberto Imparato, Luca Peliti.
JSTAT: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment P03005 (2006). cond-mat/0601552, PDF
 
• Work probability distribution in systems driven out of equilibrium,

A. Imparato, L. Peliti. Phys. Rev. E 72, 046114 (2005). cond-mat/0507080 PDF
 
• A minimal stochastic model for influenza evolution,

Francesca Tria, Michael Lässig, Luca Peliti, Silvio Franz.
JSTAT: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment P07008 (2005). q-bio.PE/0505035 PDF
 
• Opinion dynamics in a three-choice system,

S. Gekle, L. Peliti, S. Galam. Eur. Phys. J. B. 45, 569-575 (2005). cond-mat/0504254 PDF
 
• Work distribution and path integrals in general mean-field systems,

A. Imparato, L. Peliti. Europhysics Letters 70, 740-746 (2005). cond-mat/0501576 PDF
 
• Work probability distribution in single-molecule experiments,

A. Imparato, L. Peliti. Europhysics Letters, 69, 643-650 (2005). cond-mat/0411654 PDF
 
• Kinetic barriers in RNA unzipping,

A. Imparato, L. Peliti. Eur. Phys. J. B., 39, 357-363 (2004). q-bio.BM/0405017 PDF
 
• Kafri, Mukamel and Peliti Reply,

Y. Kafri, D. Mukamel, L. Peliti, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 159802-1 (2003).  cond-mat/0302589, PDF.
 
• Evolutionary games and quasispecies,

M. Lässig, L. Peliti, F. Tria, Europhys. Lett. 62, 446-451 (2003).  cond-mat/0209086,  PDF.
 
• Denaturation and unzipping of DNA: Statistical mechanics of interacting loops,

Y. Kafri, D. Mukamel, L. Peliti, Physica A, 306, 39-50 (2002). PDF.
 
• Melting and unzipping of DNA,

Y. Kafri, D. Mukamel, L. Peliti, Eur. Phys. J. B, 27, 135-146 (2002).  cond-mat/0108323, PDF.
 
• Quasispecies evolution in general mean-field landscapes,

L. Peliti, Europhys. Lett., 57, 745-751 (2002).  cond-mat/0105379, PDF 
 
• Detachment of molecular motors under tangential loading,

A. Parmeggiani, F. Jülicher, L. Peliti, J. Prost, Europhys. Lett., 56, 603-609 (2001).  cond-mat/0109187,  PDF
 
• Effective area-elasticity and tension of micro-manipulated membranes,

J.-B. Fournier, A. Ajdari, and L. Peliti, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 4970-4973 (2001).  cond-mat/0103495,  PDF.
 
• Why is the DNA denaturation transition first order?

Y. Kafri, D. Mukamel, and L. Peliti, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 4988-4991 (2000). cond-mat/0007141, PDF. 
 
• Measuring effective temperatures in out-of-equilibrium driven systems,

R. Exartier, L. Peliti, Eur. Phys. J. B 16, 119-126 (2000). cond-mat/9910412, PDF
 
• Universal and nonuniversal properties of a lattice gas model with kinetic constraints,

A. Imparato, L. Peliti, Physics Letters A 269, 154-157 (2000). PDF
 
• The response of glassy systems to random perturbations: A bridge between equilibrium and off-equilibrium,

Silvio Franz, Marc Mézard, Giorgio Parisi, Luca Peliti, J. Stat. Phys.,  97, 459-488 (1999).  cond-mat/9903370,  PDF.
 
• Effective field approach to the Ising film in a transverse field, 

Luca Peliti, Mohammed Saber, Physica A,  262 505-517 (1999). cond-mat/9809313,  PDF.
 
• A solvable model of the evolutionary loop,

Luca Peliti, Europhys. Lett., 44 546-551 (1998). cond-mat/9806240,  PDF.
 
• Paired defects of Nematic Surfactant Bilayers,

J.-B. Fournier, L. Peliti, Phys. Rev. E (Rapid Comm.), 58 R6919-R6922 (1998). cond-mat/9806212,  PDF.
 
• Aging in a simple model of a structural glass,

Luca Peliti, Mauro Sellitto, Contribution to the International Conference on "Disorder and Chaos"
in honor of Giovanni Paladin, Rome, September 1997, J. Phys. IV France 8 Pr6-49-56 (1998). cond-mat/9712221,  PDF.
 
• Measuring equilibrium properties in aging systems,

Silvio Franz, Marc Mézard, Giorgio Parisi, Luca Peliti, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81 1758-1761 (1998). cond-mat/9803108,  PDF.
 
• Aging in Lattice-Gas Models with Constrained Dynamics,

J. Kurchan, L. Peliti, M. Sellitto, Europhys. Lett.39 365-370 (1997). cond-mat/9704140,  PDF.
 
• Error Threshold in Simple Landscapes,

S. Franz, L. Peliti, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 30 4481-4487 (1997). cond-mat/9610028,  PDF.
 
• Dynamics of Particles and Manifolds in Random Force Fields,

P. Le Doussal, L. F. Cugliandolo, L. Peliti, Europhys. Lett. 39 111-116 (1997). cond-mat/9612079, PDF.
 
• Energy Flow, Partial Equilibration, and Effective Temperatures in Systems with Slow Dynamics,

L. F. Cugliandolo, J. Kurchan, L. Peliti, Phys. Rev. E55 3898-3914 (1997). cond-mat/9611044, PDF.
 
• Shapes and Fluctuations in Membranes,

L. Peliti, in: Physics of Biological Systems, From Molecules to Species,
H. Flyvbjerg, J. Hertz, M. H. Jensen, O. G. Mouritsen, K. Sneppen (Eds.) (Berlin: Springer Verlag, 1997) 171-188.
 
• Glassy Behavior in Disordered Systems with Non-Relaxational Dynamics,

L. F. Cugliandolo, J. Kurchan, P. Le Doussal, L. Peliti, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78 350-354 (1997). cond-mat/9606060, PDF.
 
• Fitness Landscapes and Evolution,

L. Peliti, in: Physics of Biomaterials: Fluctuations, Self-Assembly and Evolution,
T. Riste and D. Sherrington, (Eds.) (Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1996) 287-308. cond-mat/9505003, PDF.
 
• Amphiphilic Membranes,

L. Peliti, in: Fluctuating Geometries in Statistical Mechanics and Field Theory,
F. David, P. Ginsparg, J. Zinn-Justin, (Eds.) Les Houches, Session LXII, 1994 (Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1996) 195-285. cond-mat/9501076,  PDF
 
• Evolution in a flat fitness landscape,

B. Derrida and L. Peliti, Bull. Math. Biol. 53, 355-382 (1991). PDF.
 
• Population dynamics in a spin-glass model of chemical evolution,

C. Amitrano, L. Peliti, M. Saber, J. Mol. Evol. 29, 513-525 (1989). PDF.
 
• Path integral approach to birth-death processes on a lattice,

L. Peliti, J. Physique 46, 1469-1483 (1985). PDF.