Abstract
The coarsening of a three-dimensional foam is studied with multiple light-scattering techniques. Scaling behavior is observed with the average bubble diameter growing in time as tz where z=0.450.05. Changes in the packing conditions during coarsening give rise to a dynamical process that also exhibits temporal scaling. Neighboring bubbles undergo sudden structural rearrangement events at a rate per unit volume that decays as t-y where y=2.00.2.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | R7902-R7905 |
Journal | Physical Review A |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1991 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics