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Diffusivity-Free Turbulence in Liquid Metal Rotating Rayleigh-Bénard Convection Experiments

Abbate, Jewel A. [University of California Los Angeles] (ORCID:000000017198739X)·Xu, Yufan [Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University; University of California Los Angeles] (ORCID:000000019123124X)·Vogt, Tobias [Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf]·Horn, Susanne [Coventry University] (ORCID:0000000279453250)·Julien, Keith [University of Colorado]·Aurnou, Jonathan M. [University of California Los Angeles]
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Abbate, Jewel A. [University of California Los Angeles] (ORCID:000000017198739X), Xu, Yufan [Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University; University of California Los Angeles] (ORCID:000000019123124X), Vogt, Tobias [Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf], Horn, Susanne [Coventry University] (ORCID:0000000279453250), Julien, Keith [University of Colorado], Aurnou, Jonathan M. [University of California Los Angeles]. 2026-06-24. Diffusivity-Free Turbulence in Liquid Metal Rotating Rayleigh-Bénard Convection Experiments. https://doi.org/10.1103/pc8y-j7g8

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