title: Boiling crisis as a critical phenomenon.
abstract: We present the first experimental study of intermittency and avalanche distribution during a boiling crisis. To understand the emergence of power law statistics we propose a simple spin model capturing the measured critical exponent. The model suggests that behind the critical heat flux is a percolation phenomenon involving drying-rewetting competition close to the hot surface.
authors.affiliation: LMS, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lloveras
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Salvat-Pujol
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Truskinovsky
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vives