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Roberto Festa¹, Andrea Mazzino, Manuela Todini

¹Department of Physics, University of Genova, via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy.

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

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Researchers studied light particle movement in oscillating cellular flows. Stable trajectories attract particles, persisting even with noise, until a critical Péclet number is reached, impacting plankton patchiness.

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Area of Science:

Fluid dynamics
Statistical mechanics
Biophysics

Background:

Cellular flows exhibit complex dynamics influencing particle transport.
Understanding particle behavior in oscillating flows is crucial for various scientific fields.
The phenomenon of oceanic plankton patchiness remains a significant unsolved problem.

Purpose of the Study:

To analytically and numerically investigate light particle dynamics in chaotic oscillating cellular flows.
To determine how fixed points in stationary flows transform into stable trajectories under oscillation.
To explore the implications for oceanic plankton distribution.

Main Methods:

Analytical investigation using linear analysis of oscillation amplitude.
Numerical simulations employing Monte Carlo methods.
Testing trajectory robustness by introducing white noise into particle motion.

Main Results:

Fixed points in stationary flows deform into closed, stable attracting trajectories.
These attracting trajectories capture asymptotic particle paths across a broad parameter range.
Attracting trajectories remain robust up to a critical Péclet number, beyond which average rising velocity emerges.

Conclusions:

The study elucidates the behavior of light particles in oscillating cellular flows.
The identified attracting trajectories offer a potential mechanism for explaining oceanic plankton patchiness.
The findings provide insights into particle transport influenced by flow oscillations and noise.