Observation of a hierarchy of up to fifth-order rogue waves in a water tank
Date
2012
Authors
Chabchoub, A
Hoffmann, N P
Onorato, M
Slunyaev, A
Sergeeva, A
Pelinovsky, E
Akhmediev, Nail
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American Physical Society
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We present experimental observations of the hierarchy of rational breather solutions of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLS) generated in a water wave tank. First, five breathers of the infinite hierarchy have been successfully generated, thus confir
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Keywords: Dinger equation; Effect of water; Experimental observation; Higher order solutions; Nonlinear dispersive media; Plasma physics; Rogue waves; Theoretical prediction; Wavebreaking; Nonlinear equations; Water tanks; Water waves; Experiments
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Physical Review E-Statistical, Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics
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Journal article
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Open Access