Previous observations of the nontransient oscillations of rising bubbles and falling spheres in wormlike micellar fluids were limited to a single surfactant system. We present an extensive survey of rising bubbles in another system, an aqueous solution of cetylpyridinium chloride and sodium salicylate, with and without NaCl, across a range of concentrations and temperatures. Two different types of oscillations are seen in different concentration ranges, each with its own temperature dependence. Rheological data identify these different hydrodynamic states with different fluid microstructures.

• Received 10 January 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.124501