Predicting the motion of phase defects in a traveling-wave convection pattern

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 177-185

  La Porta, A ^a,b   Surko, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary mixture; Convection; Ethanol; Phase defects; Traveling wave

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345849830     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(99)00213-4     Document Type: Article

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