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View SchemaParametric Forcing of Waves with Non-Monotonic Dispersion Relation: Domain Structures in Ferrofluids?
| Authors | David Raitt, Hermann Riecke |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | patt-sol/9601002 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/patt-sol/9601002 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevE.55.5448 |
Abstract
Surface waves on ferrofluids exposed to a dc-magnetic field exhibit a non-monotonic dispersion relation. The effect of a parametric driving on such waves is studied within suitable coupled Ginzburg-Landau equations. Due to the non-monotonicity the neutral curve for the excitation of standing waves can have up to three minima. The stability of the waves with respect to long-wave perturbations is determined $via$ a phase-diffusion equation. It shows that the band of stable wave numbers can split up into two or three sub-bands. The resulting competition between the wave numbers corresponding to the respective sub-bands leads quite naturally to patterns consisting of multiple domains of standing waves which differ in their wave number. The coarsening dynamics of such domain structures is addressed.
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"doi": "10.1103/PhysRevE.55.5448",
"title": "Parametric Forcing of Waves with Non-Monotonic Dispersion Relation: Domain Structures in Ferrofluids?",
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