Tunneling with a hydrodynamic pilot-wave model
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Nachbin, André
Milewski, Paul A.
Bush, John W. M.
Date Issued
March 2017
Journal
Physical Review Fluids
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American Physical Society (APS)
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Nachbin, André et al. “Tunneling with a Hydrodynamic Pilot-Wave Model.” Physical Review Fluids 2, 3 (March 2017): 034801 © 2017 American Physical Society
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Abstract
Eddi et al. [Phys. Rev Lett. 102, 240401 2009)PRLTAO0031-900710.1103/PhysRevLett.102.240401] presented experimental results demonstrating the unpredictable tunneling of a classical wave-particle association as may arise when a droplet walking across the surface of a vibrating fluid bath approaches a submerged barrier. We here present a theoretical model that captures the influence of bottom topography on this wave-particle association and so enables us to investigate its interaction with barriers. The coupled wave-droplet dynamics results in unpredictable tunneling events. As reported in the experiments by Eddi et al. and as is the case in quantum tunneling [Gamow, Nature (London) 122, 805 (1928)NATUAS0028-083610.1038/122805b0] , the predicted tunneling probability decreases exponentially with increasing barrier width. In the parameter regimes examined, tunneling between two cavities suggests an underlying stationary ergodic process for the droplet's position.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics
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