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Critical phenomena employed in hydrodynamic problems: A case study of Rayleigh-Benard convection

patt-sol 2008-02-03 v1 Pattern Formation and Solitons

Abstract

By virtue of Rayleigh-Benard convection, we illustrate the advantages of combining a hydrodynamic pattern forming instability with a thermodynamic critical point. This has already lead to many novel unexpected observations and is further shown to possess opportunities for the study of exciting fundamental problems in nonequilibrium systems.

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@article{arxiv.patt-sol/9603002,
  title  = {Critical phenomena employed in hydrodynamic problems: A case study of Rayleigh-Benard convection},
  author = {Michel Assenheimer and Victor Steinberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:patt-sol/9603002},
  year   = {2008}
}

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ReVTeX, 6 pages, 4 embedded Encapsulated PostScript Figures, uses psbox (included), to appear in Europhys. News, higher resolution Figs available upon request