Evidence for Slow Velocity Relaxation in Front Propagation in Rayleigh-Bénard Convection

Details Evidence for Slow Velocity Relaxation in Front Propagation in Rayleigh-Bénard Convection Evidence for Slow Velocity Relaxation in Front Propagation in Rayleigh-Bénard Convection

2001-11-02

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0111036v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

6 pages, submitted to Physica D for its issue on the ,,Complex Ginzburg-Landau Equations and its Applications''

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Recent theoretical work has shown that so-called pulled fronts propagating into an unstable state always converge very slowly to their asymptotic speed and shape. In the the light of these predictions, we reanalyze earlier experiments by Fineberg and Steinberg on front propagation in a Rayleigh-B\'enard cell. In contrast to the original interpretation, we argue that in the experiments the observed front velocities were some 15% below the asymptotic front speed and that this is in rough agreement with the predicted slow relaxation of the front speed for the time scales probed in the experiments. We also discuss the possible origin of the unusually large variation of the wavelength of the pattern generated by the front as a function of the dimensionless control parameter.

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