Thermal convection and emergence of isolated vortices in soap bubbles
Résumé
A novel thermal convection cell consisting of half a soap bubble heated at the equator is introduced to
study thermal convection and the movement of isolated vortices. The soap bubble, subject to stratification,
develops thermal convection at its equator. A particular feature of this cell is the emergence of isolated
vortices. These vortices resemble hurricanes or cyclones and similarities between our observed structures
and these natural objects are found. This is brought forth through a study of the mean square displacement
of these objects showing signs of superdiffusion.
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