Short-wavelength instability in a linear array of vortices
- 8 October 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 65 (15), 1869-1872
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.1869
Abstract
The temporal instabilities of a linear array of vortices are studied experimentally; a short-wavelength instability is observed. The results are compared to a one-dimensional model of coupled nonlinear oscillators, leading to excellent agreement.Keywords
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