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The Spatio-Temporal Structure of Spiral-Defect Chaos

Stephen W. Morris·Eberhard Bodenschatz·David S. Cannell·Guenter Ahlers
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We present a study of the recently discovered spatially-extended chaotic state known as spiral-defect chaos, which occurs in low-Prandtl-number, large-aspect-ratio Rayleigh-Benard convection. We employ the modulus squared of the space-time Fourier transform of time series of two-dimensional shadowgraph images to construct the structure factor ${S}({\vec k},ω)$. This analysis is used to characterize the average spatial and temporal scales of the chaotic state. We find that the correlation length and time can be described by power-law dependences on the reduced Rayleigh number $ε$. These power laws have as yet no theoretical explanation.

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Stephen W. Morris, Eberhard Bodenschatz, David S. Cannell, Guenter Ahlers. 1996-05-01. The Spatio-Temporal Structure of Spiral-Defect Chaos. https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-2789(96)00096-6

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