Reconnections of Wave Vortex Lines
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| Title: | Reconnections of Wave Vortex Lines |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Berry, M. V., Dennis, M. R. |
| Source: | European Journal of Physics. May 2012 33(3):723-731. |
| Availability: | Institute of Physics Publishing. The Public Ledger Building Suite 929, 150 South Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 215-627-0880; Fax: 215-627-0879; e-mail: info@ioppubusa.com; Web site: http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/EJP |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
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| Page Count: | 9 |
| Publication Date: | 2012 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Descriptors: | Physics, Science Education, Science Instruction, Quantum Mechanics, Probability, Topology |
| DOI: | 10.1088/0143-0807/33/3/723 |
| ISSN: | 0143-0807 |
| Abstract: | When wave vortices, that is nodal lines of a complex scalar wavefunction in space, approach transversely, their typical crossing and reconnection is a two-stage process incorporating two well-understood elementary events in which locally coplanar hyperbolas switch branches. The explicit description of this reconnection is a pedagogically useful illustration of several concepts: singularity, codimension, unfolding, genericity, bifurcation and normal forms. (Contains 5 figures.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 20 |
| Entry Date: | 2012 |
| Accession Number: | EJ984364 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | When wave vortices, that is nodal lines of a complex scalar wavefunction in space, approach transversely, their typical crossing and reconnection is a two-stage process incorporating two well-understood elementary events in which locally coplanar hyperbolas switch branches. The explicit description of this reconnection is a pedagogically useful illustration of several concepts: singularity, codimension, unfolding, genericity, bifurcation and normal forms. (Contains 5 figures.) |
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| ISSN: | 0143-0807 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/0143-0807/33/3/723 |
