Compressible Convective Instability by Molecular Dynamics

Convective instability induced by two-points nonlocality.

We consider diffusive nonlinear systems with nonlocal two-points coupling, generally induced by misalignment in optical feedback. We expand the stability analysis in F. Papoff and R. Zambrini [Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 243903 (2005)] to determine convective and absolute thresholds. Nonlocality leads to different effects in comparison to well-known problems with drift, as the existence of opposite ph...

Investigation of Melting by Molecular Dynamics Simulation

The melting of a 64 ion microcrystal of KCI was studied by means of a molecular dynamics computer simulation. We used a central pair interaction with an inverse power law repulsion. The thermodynamics, kinetic and structural properties such as melting temperature, latent heat, mean square displacement, diffusion constant, radial distribution function and bond angle distribution are calculated. ...

Radiative-convective instability Citation

Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. The MIT Faculty has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters. [1] Radiative-moist-convective equilibrium (RCE) is a simple paradigm for the statistical equilibrium the earth's c...

Convective Instability Induced by Nonlocality in Nonlinear Diffusive Systems

0031-9007= We consider a large class of nonlinear diffusive systems with nonlocal coupling. By using a nonperturbative analytical approach we are able to determine the convective and absolute instabilities of all the uniform states of these systems. We find a huge window of convective instability that should provide a great opportunity to study experimentally and theoretically noise sustained p...

Convective nature of planimetric instability in meandering