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¹Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.

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Area of Science:

Fluid dynamics
Nonlinear dynamics
Pattern formation

Background:

Vertically vibrated fluid layers can exhibit complex surface deformations.
Self-replication phenomena are observed in various physical and chemical systems.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the formation and behavior of holes in a vibrated potato starch suspension.
To analyze the self-replication dynamics and chaotic patterns of these surface holes.
To model the statistical properties of hole fluctuations.

Main Methods:

Experimental setup involving a vertically vibrated potato starch suspension.
Observation and analysis of surface deformation and hole formation.
Statistical analysis of hole number fluctuations using a master equation.

Main Results:

Self-replicating holes were observed on the surface of the potato starch suspension above a critical acceleration.
The holes demonstrated unstable circular shapes and replicated, similar to chemical reaction-diffusion systems.
At high accelerations, the holes exhibited spatiotemporal chaos.
Fluctuations in the number of holes were successfully modeled by a master equation.

Conclusions:

The study reveals a novel self-replication mechanism for surface holes in vibrated suspensions.
The observed spatiotemporal chaos and master equation modeling provide insights into complex fluid behaviors.
This research contributes to understanding pattern formation and nonlinear dynamics in soft matter systems.