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    "abstract": "Measurements of the mean-square amplitude of thermally-induced fluctuations\nof a thin layer of the nematic liquid crystal I52 subjected to a voltage V \u003c Vc\nare reported. They yield the limit of stability Vc of the spatially uniform\nconduction state to infinitesimal perturbations. Localized long-lived\nconvecting structures known as worms form spontaneously from the fluctuations\nfor V well below Vc. This, as well as measurements of the lifetime of the\nconduction state for V \u003c Vc, suggests a thermally-activated mechanism of worm\nformation; but a theory for this non-potential system is lacking.",
    "arxiv_id": "patt-sol/9801001",
    "authors": [
      "Urs Bisang",
      "Guenter Ahlers"
    ],
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      "patt-sol",
      "nlin.PS"
    ],
    "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.3061",
    "title": "Thermal Fluctuations, Subcritical Bifurcation, and Nucleation of   Localized States in Electroconvection",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/patt-sol/9801001"
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