Amplification of Molecular Fluctuations into Macroscopic Vortices by Convective Instabilities
Amplification of Molecular Fluctuations into Macroscopic Vortices by Convective Instabilities
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对流不稳定性将分子波动放大为宏观涡旋
DOI:
10.1209/0295-5075/22/8/001
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发表时间:
1993
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影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
A. Recktenwald
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作者:
M. Lücke;A. Recktenwald
The statistical dynamics of fluctuating Taylor vortex flow (TVF) and Rayleigh-Benard convection (RBC) in the presence of externally imposed throughflow is studied in the convectively unstable regime in the presence of thermal noise. A relation between thermal fluctuations at the inlet and downstream vortex flow is derived by coarse-graining appropriate microscopic fields. The downstream growth of macroscopic vortices out of molecular fluctuations is investigated and relevant fluctuation spectra are evaluated.