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A rotationally symmetric Bénard cell is considered with the aim of applying a perturbation formalism which works far from equilibrium. As a first step the unperturbed Gaussian stationary state is constructed from the linearized equations of motion. Then the stationary and the dynamic vertex structures generated by the nonlinear terms are discussed in view of a possible renormalization-group application.
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Enz, C.P. Perturbative analysis of the convection instability. J Stat Phys 24, 109–117 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01007638
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01007638