Simulations of localized states of stationary convection in 3He-4He mixtures -: art. no. 244501

Simulations of convection in He-3-He-4 mixtures with a negative separation ratio in two-dimensional containers with realistic boundary conditions and moderately large aspect ratio reveal, at supercritical Rayleigh numbers, the existence of convectons, i.e., localized states of stationary convection, separated by regions of no convection. The origin and properties of these states are described.