Experimental study on the bifurcation of a density oscillator depending on density difference. (12th February 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ito, H.; Itasaka, T.; Takeda, N.; Kitahata, H.
• Is Part Of: Europhysics letters. Volume 129:Number 1(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-02-12
• Subjects: 82.40.Bj -- 05.45.-a -- 47.20.Ky; Physics -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 530.05
• DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/129/18001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0295-5075

Abstract

Abstract: Hydrodynamic instabilities often cause spatio-temporal pattern formations and transitions between them. We investigate a model experimental system, a density oscillator, where the bifurcation from a resting state to an oscillatory state is triggered by the increase in the density difference of the two fluids. Our results show that the oscillation amplitude increases from zero and the period decreases above a critical density difference. The detailed data close to the bifurcation point provide a critical exponent consistent with the supercritical Hopf bifurcation.