Partial persistence of memory in bubble breakup: incomplete universality acquired by broken symmetry

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Autores principales: Yoshino, Ikumi, Okumura, Ko
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author Yoshino, Ikumi
Okumura, Ko
author_facet Yoshino, Ikumi
Okumura, Ko
contents When a water drop falls from a faucet, the drop is created with the formation of an axisymmetric constriction region, which thins down to breakup. Such formation of a fluid drop has been extensively studied as a representative of the singular dynamics widely observed in nature. The singular dynamics is often self-similar, i.e., shapes at different times collapsing onto a master curve after rescaling, and the self-similar dynamics has been categorized as either universal or non-universal: the master curve is independent of or dependent on the length scales that set the initial boundary conditions, as if memory is erased or retained. Here, we focus on the post-breakup dynamics and confine the system to break the axisymmetry, introducing three length scales, which leads to a third category of incomplete universality, where memory is partially retained: the master curve could be dependent on the smallest scale but independent of the other two scales. Affecting of only the smallest length scale on the master curve underscores the importance of scale separation for the emergence of universality. The present study suggests a promising direction for the study on the singular dynamics by exploring the symmetry.
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spellingShingle Partial persistence of memory in bubble breakup: incomplete universality acquired by broken symmetry
Yoshino, Ikumi
Okumura, Ko
Statistical Mechanics
Soft Condensed Matter
Fluid Dynamics
When a water drop falls from a faucet, the drop is created with the formation of an axisymmetric constriction region, which thins down to breakup. Such formation of a fluid drop has been extensively studied as a representative of the singular dynamics widely observed in nature. The singular dynamics is often self-similar, i.e., shapes at different times collapsing onto a master curve after rescaling, and the self-similar dynamics has been categorized as either universal or non-universal: the master curve is independent of or dependent on the length scales that set the initial boundary conditions, as if memory is erased or retained. Here, we focus on the post-breakup dynamics and confine the system to break the axisymmetry, introducing three length scales, which leads to a third category of incomplete universality, where memory is partially retained: the master curve could be dependent on the smallest scale but independent of the other two scales. Affecting of only the smallest length scale on the master curve underscores the importance of scale separation for the emergence of universality. The present study suggests a promising direction for the study on the singular dynamics by exploring the symmetry.
title Partial persistence of memory in bubble breakup: incomplete universality acquired by broken symmetry
topic Statistical Mechanics
Soft Condensed Matter
Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.01793