Experiments on spatio-temporal chaos

被引:14
作者
Ahlers, G [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Phys, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[2] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Ctr Nonlinear Sci, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
来源
PHYSICA A | 1998年 / 249卷 / 1-4期
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1016/S0378-4371(97)00427-5
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Under non-equilibrium conditions, a spatially-extended system will often undergo a transition from a uniform state to a state with spatial variation (a "pattern"), Patterns are of interest because their formation is associated with non-linear effects which can lead to qualitatively new phenomena that do nor occur in linear systems. Among the most fascinating of these phenomena is spatio-temporal chaos (STC). This paper briefly reviews some of the experimental observations of and measurements on STC. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:18 / 26
页数:9
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