Resonant nucleation of spatio-temporal order via parametric modal amplification
To be published as an Article in Physical Review E.
Read the preprint (38 pages): cond-mat/0310157
Watch the movies:
- Oscillons emerging in a symmetric potential - symmetric.mp4, 4.1 MB
- Oscillons in an asymmetric potential: precursors to nucleation - asymmetric.mp4, 12.4 MB
(Please note that the initial temperature is T = 0.22 in these last two movies, and not T = 0.11)
Resonant emergence of global and local spatio-temporal order in a nonlinear field model
To be published as a Rapid Communication in Physical Review E.
Read the preprint (4 pages): hep-ph/0209176
Watch the movie: emergence.mpg, 9.6 MB
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