Nonlinear Interaction of Convective Cells in Plasmas
- 11 June 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 52 (24) , 2148-2151
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.52.2148
Abstract
The nonlinear interaction of externally excited convective cells was investigated experimentally. Two cells of the same polarity were observed to coalesce into one large cell provided their relative distance was sufficiently short. The nonlinear nature of the interaction was explicitly demonstrated. Two cells of opposite polarity interact through a mutual perturbation of orbits.Keywords
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