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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 95, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.104501
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We report experiments on spontaneous imbibition of a viscous fluid by a model porous medium in the absence of gravity. The average position of the interface satisfies Washburn's law. Scaling of the interface fluctuations suggests a dynamic exponent z similar or equal to 3, indicative of global dynamics driven by capillary forces. The complete set of exponents clearly shows that interfaces are not self-affine, exhibiting distinct local and global scaling, both for time (beta=0.64 +/- 0.02, beta*=0.33 +/- 0.03) and space (alpha=1.94 +/- 0.20, alpha(loc)=0.94 +/- 0.10). These values are compatible with an intrinsic anomalous scaling scenario.
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