%0 Journal Article
%T Natural Convection in Porous Media and the Collapse of the Wave Function
%A Peter Vadasz
%J Physics | An Open Access Journal from MDPI
%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.3390/physics1010008
%X Abstract The problem of nonlinear natural convection in a fluid saturated porous layer heated from below is reviewed focusing on the specific result of a collapse of the wave function. When the conditions for the onset of convection are met, a wave function is obtained as the solution of the linearized equations expressed in terms of a Fourier expansion. Only one mode of this expansion survives at the onset of convection, a result that can be seen as the ¡°collapse of the wave function¡± in a very similar fashion as in quantum mechanics, although the explanations of the latter are very distinct from the ones in quantum mechanics. The reasons behind the ¡°collapse of the wave function¡± result in natural convection are discussed and the analysis is extended into the nonlinear domain of convection, by using a weak nonlinear analysis. View Full-Tex
%K collapse of the wave function
%K natural convection
%K Schr£¿dinger equation
%U https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8174/1/1/8