Bekki-Nozaki amplitude holes in hydrothermal nonlinear waves

Authors
Burguete, J Chate, H Daviaud, F Mukolobwiez, N
Citation
J. Burguete et al., Bekki-Nozaki amplitude holes in hydrothermal nonlinear waves, PHYS REV L, 82(16), 1999, pp. 3252-3255
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
82
Issue
16
Year of publication
1999
Pages
3252 - 3255
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(19990419)82:16<3252:BAHIHN>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
We present and analyze experimental results on the dynamics of hydrothermal waves occurring in a laterally heated fluid layer. We argue that the large -scale modulations of the waves are governed by a one-dimensional complex G inzburg-Landau equation (CGLE). We determine quantitatively all the coeffic ients of this amplitude equation using the localized amplitude holes observ ed in the experiment, which we show to be well described as Bekki-Nozaki ho le solutions of the CGLE. [S0031-9007(99)08940-1].