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Influence of gravity on the frozen wave instability in immiscible liquids

The influence of the gravity level on the frozen wave instability in finite containers of immiscible liquids is investigated numerically to shed light on the transformation from a supercritical pitchfork bifurcation in normal gravity, which produces stable finite-amplitude waves, to an apparently degenerate bifurcation in weightlessness, leading to large columnar patterns that collide with the container walls.

The past history of galaxy clusters told by their present neighbours

Galaxy clusters can play a key role in modern cosmology, provided their evolution is properly understood. However, observed clusters give us only a single timeframe of their dynamical state. Therefore, finding present observable data of clusters that are well correlated to their assembly history constitutes an inestimable tool for cosmology.