Critical phenomena employed in hydrodynamic problems: A case study of Rayleigh-Benard convection
arXiv:patt-sol/9603002
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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