Membrane tubules under tension can exhibit surprising critical fluctuations caused by Goldstone modes. The drawing shows the first three such modes.

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Critical Fluctuations of Tense Fluid Membrane Tubules
Jean-Baptiste Fournier and Paolo Galatola
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 018103 (2007)

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