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Akira Yoshida1, Naoko Nakagawa1, Shin-Ichi Sasa2
1Department of Physics, <a href="https://ror.org/00sjd5653">Ibaraki University</a>, Mito 310-8512, Japan.
Abstract:
We study a liquid-gas coexistence system in a container under gravity with heat flow in the direction opposite to gravity. By molecular dynamics simulation, we find that the liquid buoys up and continues to float steadily. The height at which the liquid floats is determined by a dimensionless parameter related to the ratio of the temperature gradient to gravity. We confirm that supercooled gas remains stable above the liquid. We provide a phenomenological argument for explaining the phenomenon from a simple thermodynamic assumption.
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