Interaction of walkers with a standing Faraday wave

A-particles; Electromagnetics; Faraday waves; Initial conditions; Parameter conditions; Parameter spaces; Sensitivity to parameters; Standing wave; Statistical distribution; Wave amplitudes; Statistical and Nonlinear Physics; Statistics and Probability; Condensed Matter Physics

Abstract :

[en] Walkers (i.e., bouncing droplets coupled to a local Faraday wave) are sent on an orthogonal standing wave. The trajectories of successive walkers form a straight-propagating beam toward the wave that splits into three distinct paths during the interaction with the wave. At the end of the interaction, walkers' trajectories split again and are deviated into three main directions. The walkers' trajectories show sensitivity to parameters and initial conditions but remain predictable in some regions of the parameter space. The dependence of the statistical distribution of deviations on the wave amplitude markedly differs from the prediction of quantum mechanics for a particle interacting with a standing electromagnetic wave.

Disciplines :

Physics

Author, co-author :

Tadrist, Loïc ; Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, ISM, Marseille, France

Gilet, Tristan ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Microfluidique

Language :

English

Title :

Interaction of walkers with a standing Faraday wave

Publication date :

May 2026

Journal title :

Physical Review. E

ISSN :

2470-0045

eISSN :

2470-0053

Publisher :

American Physical Society

Volume :

113

Issue :

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Additional URL :

https://link.aps.org/article/10.1103/tqyd-hs8b

Funders :

F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique

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