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Title: Transverse modulational dynamics of quenched patterns
We study the modulational dynamics of striped patterns formed in the wake of a planar directional quench. Such quenches, which move across a medium and nucleate pattern-forming instabilities in their wake, have been shown in numerous applications to control and select the wavenumber and orientation of striped phases. In the context of the prototypical complex Ginzburg–Landau and Swift–Hohenberg equations, we use a multiple-scale analysis to derive a one-dimensional viscous Burgers’ equation, which describes the long-wavelength modulational and defect dynamics in the direction transverse to the quenching motion, that is, along the quenching line. We show that the wavenumber selecting properties of the quench determine the nonlinear flux parameter in the Burgers’ modulation equation, while the viscosity parameter of the Burgers’ equation is naturally determined by the transverse diffusivity of the pure stripe state. We use this approximation to accurately characterize the transverse dynamics of several types of defects formed in the wake, including grain boundaries and phase-slips.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2006887 2307650
PAR ID:
10513960
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
AIP Publishing
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science
Volume:
34
Issue:
6
ISSN:
1054-1500
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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