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A model for diffusion on a cubic lattice with a random distribution of traps is developed. The traps are redistributed at certain time intervals. Such models are useful for describing systems showing dynamic disorder, such as ion-conducting…
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A low-dimensional model of large Prandtl-number ($P$) Rayleigh B\'{e}nard convection is constructed using some of the important modes of pseudospectral direct numerical simulations. A detailed bifurcation analysis of the low-dimensional…
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We study the fractionation of two components between a well-mixed gas and a saturated convecting porous layer. Motivated by geological carbon dioxide (CO$_2$) storage we assume that convection is driven only by the dissolved concentration…
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Fine structure of giant resonances (GR) has been established in recent years as a global phenomenon across the nuclear chart and for different types of resonances. A quantitative description of the fine structure in terms of characteristic…
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Anomalous diffusion phenomena occur on length scales spanning from intracellular to astrophysical ranges. A specific form of decay at large argument of the probability density function of rescaled displacement (scaling function) is derived…
Doubly diffusive convection describes the fluid motion driven by the competition of temperature and salinity gradients diffusing at different rates. While the convective motions driven by these gradients usually occupy the entire domain,…
Direct numerical simulations are employed to reveal three distinctly different flow regions in rotating spherical Rayleigh-B\'enard convection. In the low-latitude region $\mathrm{I}$ vertical (parallel to the axis of rotation) convective…
A grid of numerical simulations of double-diffusive convection is presented for astrophysical conditions. As in laboratory and geophysical cases convection takes place in a layered form. A translation between the astrophysical fluid…
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