title: Finite-size effects on open chaotic advection.
abstract: We study the effects of finite-sizeness on small, neutrally buoyant, spherical particles advected by open chaotic flows. We show that, when observed in the configuration or physical space, the advected finite-size particles disperse about the unstable manifold of the chaotic saddle that governs the passive advection. Using a discrete-time system for the dynamics, we obtain an expression predicting the dispersion of the finite-size particles in terms of their Stokes parameter at the onset of the finite-size induced dispersion. We test our theory in a system derived from a flow and find remarkable agreement between our expression and the numerically measured dispersion.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 66318, 05315-970, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rafael D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Vilela
authors.forename: Alessandro P S
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: de Moura
authors.forename: Celso
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grebogi