ROBUST SYMMETRICAL PATTERNS IN THE FARADAY EXPERIMENT

Authors
BARRIO RA ARAGON JL VAREA C TORRES M JIMENEZ I DEESPINOSA FM
Citation
Ra. Barrio et al., ROBUST SYMMETRICAL PATTERNS IN THE FARADAY EXPERIMENT, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 56(4), 1997, pp. 4222-4230
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Physycs, Mathematical","Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1063651X
Volume
56
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
4222 - 4230
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1997)56:4<4222:RSPITF>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Symmetric patterns were recently obtained in the famous Faraday experi ment by using a special liquid. A model is developed to explain the ro bustness of the observed patterns. A dissipation mechanism is introduc ed phenomenologically and shown to be responsible for the stabilizatio n of patterns with several symmetries. The resulting system of nonline ar equations resembles the well-known Turing equations used to study p attern formation in biological systems.