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Nonuniversal velocity fluctuations of sedimenting particles
An overview is given on the experimental evidence suggesting that the magnitude of the initial fluctuations increases with cell size. For sufficiently thick cells, the magnitude is also shown to decrease over the entire time of the experiment, so that a steady state does not exist.
Type
research article
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Publication date
2002
Published in
Volume
89
Issue
5
Start page
054501/1
End page
054501/4
Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
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November 26, 2012
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