{
  "id": "cond-mat/0010236",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2000-10-17T15:25:40.000Z",
  "updated": "2001-02-08T08:05:16.000Z",
  "title": "Phase separation in a chaotic flow",
  "authors": [
    "Ludovic Berthier",
    "Jean-Louis Barrat",
    "Jorge Kurchan"
  ],
  "comment": "Minor changes - Version accepted for publication - Physical Review Letters",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 2014 (2001)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.2014",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech"
  ],
  "abstract": "The phase separation between two immiscible liquids advected by a bidimensional velocity field is investigated numerically by solving the corresponding Cahn-Hilliard equation. We study how the spinodal decomposition process depends on the presence -or absence- of Lagrangian chaos. A fully chaotic flow, in particular, limits the growth of domains and for unequal volume fractions of the liquids, a characteristic exponential distribution of droplet sizes is obtained. The limiting domain size results from a balance between chaotic mixing and spinodal decomposition, measured in terms of Lyapunov exponent and diffusivity constant, respectively.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2001-02-08T08:05:16.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "phase separation",
      "spinodal decomposition process depends",
      "characteristic exponential distribution",
      "unequal volume fractions",
      "bidimensional velocity field"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett."
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}