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Pattern dynamics of Rayleigh-Bénard convective rolls and weakly segregated diblock copolymers

Jacob J. Christensen1 and Alan J. Bray2

  • 1Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
  • 2Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom

Phys. Rev. E 58, 5364 – Published 1 November, 1998

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.58.5364

Abstract

We consider the pattern dynamics of the lamellar phases observed in Rayleigh-Bénard convection, as described by the Swift-Hohenberg equation, and in the weak segregation regime of diblock copolymers. Both numerical and analytical investigations show that the dynamical growth of the characteristic length scale in both systems is described by the same growth exponents, thus suggesting that both systems are members of the same universality class.

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