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“Dispersive chaos” refers to a dynamical state in which repetitive pulsing caused by strong nonlinear dispersion produces continuously erratic spatiotemporal behavior. We have observed this behavior in experiments on one-dimensional traveling-wave convection in an annular container. Based on measured physical parameters, this system can be modeled by a complex Ginzburg-Landau equation in the limit of strong nonlinear dispersion. The experimental observations are reminiscent of numerical simulations in this limit.
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Glazier, J.A., Kolodner, P. & Williams, H. Dispersive chaos. J Stat Phys 64, 945–960 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01048806
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