Randomness and determinism in soap froth dynamics
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review E
- Vol. 55 (1) , 1205-1208
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.55.1205
Abstract
A topological model of soap froth evolution with deterministic topological rearrangements (T2 processes) agrees with experiments, in contrast with a model that performs T2 processes at random. However, in some physical situations the T2 processes are not purely deterministic. The present work analyzes the interplay between randomness and determinism in T2 processes by simulating a topological model, in which the randomness is controlled by a parameter. The results agree with the suggested mean-field description. A possible experimental test of these results is discussed.Keywords
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