Thermodynamic aspects of the transition to spatiotemporal chaos

Year: 1992

Authors: Caponeri M., Ciliberto S.

Autors Affiliation: Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Largo E. Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, Italy;
Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, France

Abstract: The general features of the onset of spatiotemporal chaos observed in several physical systems are reviewed with special emphasis on the statistical properties. The possibility of constructing a thermodynamics of spatiotemporal chaos is discussed by considering an experiment on thermal convection. It is shown that, by analogy with a system near thermal equilibrium, it is possible to define two quantities, which behave like an energy and an entropy and are related by standard thermodynamic relationships. The fluctuation-dissipation is also verified.

Journal/Review: PHYSICA D-NONLINEAR PHENOMENA

Volume: 58 (1-4)      Pages from: 365  to: 383

KeyWords: Coupled Map Lattices; Spatio-temporal Intermittency; Rayleigh-benard Convection; Coherent Structures; Statistical-mechanics; Strange Attractors; Wall Region; Dynamics; Systems; Turbulence
DOI: 10.1016/0167-2789(92)90123-5

Citations: 47
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