Observation of Phillips's spectrum in Faraday waves

ORAL

Abstract

We consider the problem of wave turbulence generated by singularities from an experimental point of view. We study a system of Faraday waves interacting with waves generated by a wave-maker driven with a random forcing. We measure the temporal fluctuations of the surface wave amplitude at a given location and we show that for a wide range of forcing parameters the surface height displays a power-law spectra that greatly differs from the one predicted by the WT theory. In the capillary region the power spectrum turns out to be proportional to $f^{-5}$, which we believe is due to singularities moving across the system.

*Proyecto Postdoctorado Fondecyt Nro 3160032

Authors

  • Gustavo Castillo

    • Universidad de Chile
  • Claudio Falc\'on

    • Universidad de Chile
    • DFI-FCFM, universidad de Chile