We present experimental data which correlate thermal measurements and flow visualization in convecting liquid 4He. For a small range R(C)R1, generating thermal oscillations as in earlier reports. At higher R values the time dependence becomes aperiodic with the surprising appearance of spiral-defect chaos at an aspect ratio smaller than has previously been reported.
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