Selected topics from the 23rd International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Irvine, California, USA, July 24–29, 2011

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This issue contains selected papers that were presented at the 23rd InternationalColloquiumon theDynamics ofExplosions and Reactive Systems, held in Irvine, California, USA, July 24–29, 2011. The biennial International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems is the reference meeting focusing specifically on dynamic aspects of reactive systems. The local organizationwas headedbyDerekDunn-Rankin (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Irvine). The program committee was chaired by Yei-Chin Chao (National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan), and co-chaired by Matei Radulescu (University of Ottawa, Canada), with the assistance of Jeong-Yeol Choi (Pusan National University, Korea), Andrew Higgins (McGill University, Canada), Ulrich Maas (Karlsruhe Technical University, Germany), Francesco S. Marra (CNR Istituto di Ricerche sulla Combustione and Universita del Sannio, Italy), Akiko Matsuo (Keio University, Japan), Sergey P. Medvedev (N.N. Semenov Institute for Chemical Physics, Russia), Eric L. Petersen (Texas A & M University, USA), Steven S. Shy (National Central University, Taiwan), HongGye Sung (Korea Aerospace University), Jennifer X. Wen (KingstonUniversity, UK),VigorYang (Georgia Tech,USA) and Fan Zhang (Defence Research Establishment Suffield, Canada).