Title
Novel convective instabilities in a magnetic fluid
Abbreviated Journal Title
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Keywords
PARAMAGNETIC FLUIDS; FERROFLUIDS; Physics, Multidisciplinary
Abstract
A field induced novel instability was observed in a horizontal magnetic fluid layer placed in a uniform vertical magnetic field with a focused laser beam parallel to the field passing through the layer. The unstable diffraction patterns include triangles and other polygons. We found that the critical field for the onset of this instability increases with increasing the thickness of the layer. These results are consistent with our linear stability analysis. A new bifurcation was also observed when an additional horizontal held was applied.
Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Volume
82
Issue/Number
20
Publication Date
1-1-1999
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
4134
Last Page
4137
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0031-9007
Recommended Citation
"Novel convective instabilities in a magnetic fluid" (1999). Faculty Bibliography 1990s. 2734.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib1990/2734
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