Super roguewaves : observation of a higher-order breather inwaterwaves

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Publisher DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevX.2.011015
Title:	Super roguewaves : observation of a higher-order breather inwaterwaves
Language:	English
Authors:	Chabchoub, Amin Hoffmann, Norbert Onorato, Miguel Akhmediev, Nail N.
Keywords:	large surface wave;wave amplitude;nonlinear wave equation
Issue Date:	29-Mar-2012
Publisher:	American Physical Society
Source:	Physical Review X 1 (2): art. no. 011015 (2012)
Journal or Series Name:	Physical review
Abstract (english):	Super rogue waves with an amplitude of up to 5 times the background value are observed in a waterwave tank for the first time. Nonlinear focusing of the local wave amplitude occurs according to the higher-order breather solution of the nonlinear wave equation. The present result shows that rogue waves can also develop from very calm and apparently safe sea states. We expect the result to have a significant impact on studies of extreme ocean waves and to initiate related studies in other disciplines concerned with waves in nonlinear dispersive media, such as optics, plasma physics, and superfluidity.
URI:	http://tubdok.tub.tuhh.de/handle/11420/1946
DOI:	10.15480/882.1943
ISSN:	2160-3308
Institute:	Mechanik und Meerestechnik M-13 Strukturdynamik M-14
Type:	(wissenschaftlicher) Artikel
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