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Observation of a Nonpropagating Hydrodynamic Soliton

Junru Wu, Robert M. Keolian, I. Rudnick

Physical Review Letters · 1984 · 299 citations · 4 references

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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.

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