Observation of a Nonpropagating Hydrodynamic Soliton
- 16 April 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 52 (16), 1421-1424
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.52.1421
Abstract
When a trough resonator partially filled with water is parametrically driven at an appropriate frequency and amplitude, one or more surface-wave solitons with polaronlike behavior are created. Their properties and interactions are described.Keywords
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