Drops: Walking & Migration

Presentations

• Analogizing the ergosphere of a rotating black hole with pilot-wave hydrodynamics

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 8:00 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 8:13 AM

  Publication: In preparation.

  Presenters

  • John W M Bush

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • John W M Bush

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Kyle Ian McKee

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Arnaud Lazarus

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Gary Rozenman

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Laser Actuation of Walking Droplets

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 8:13 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 8:26 AM

  Presenters

  • Jared R McSorley

    • Willamette University, Department of Physics

  Authors

  • Jared R McSorley

    • Willamette University, Department of Physics

  • Daniel Borrero-Echeverry

    • Willamette University, Department of Physics

  • Benjamin M Weisz

    • Willamette University, Department of Physics

  • Corey K Margerum

    • Willamette University, Department of Physics

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• Hall-Like Transverse Drift of Walking Droplets

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 8:26 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 8:39 AM

  Publication: Planned paper with same/similar title

  Presenters

  • Austin Mitchell Blitstein

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Authors

  • Austin Mitchell Blitstein

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Rodolfo R Rosales

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Pedro J Saenz

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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• From Memory-Driven Chaos to Markovian Dynamics in One-Dimensional Pilot-Wave Hydrodynamics

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 8:39 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 8:52 AM

  Presenters

  • Ludovico Theo Giorgini

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Ludovico Theo Giorgini

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • joel Been

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • MIT

  • Gary Rozenman

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Arnaud Lazarus

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • John W M Bush

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Dancing marbles: viscous liquid marbles on vibrating incline

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 8:52 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 9:05 AM

  Presenters

  • kexin k zhao

    • espci paris

  Authors

  • kexin k zhao

    • espci paris

  • David Quere

    • College de France
    • ESPCI Paris (PSL)

  • Auriane Huyghues Despointes

    • ESPCI Paris (PSL)

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• Sessile drop sloshiness on vibrating films

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 9:05 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 9:18 AM

  Presenters

  • Ahmad Naseri Karimvand

    • University of Tennessee

  Authors

  • Ahmad Naseri Karimvand

    • University of Tennessee

  • Md Emazuddin Alif

    • University of Tennessee

  • Dean Limper

    • University of Tennessee

  • Andrew Bianchi

    • University of Tennessee

  • Christopher Williamson

    • University of Tennessee

  • Andrew Dickerson

    • University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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• Collective Dynamics of Walking Droplets: Towards a Hydrodynamic Analog of Quantum Condensates

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 9:18 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 9:31 AM

  Presenters

  • Ian Stevenson

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Authors

  • Ian Stevenson

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Joseph Clampett

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Xinyun Liu

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Matthieu Labousse

    • ESPCI Paris

  • Rodolfo R Rosales

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Pedro J Saenz

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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• Hydrodynamic Aharonov–Bohm Effect and Time-Varying Vortex-Induced Phases

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 9:31 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 9:44 AM

  Presenters

  • Gary Rozenman

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Gary Rozenman

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Kyle Ian McKee

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Valeri Frumkin

    • Boston University

  • Arnaud Lazarus

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • John W M Bush

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Bragg Reflection of Walking Droplets

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 9:44 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 9:57 AM

  Presenters

  • Haoyi Wang

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Authors

  • Haoyi Wang

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Pedro J Saenz

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Nicholas Vandewalle

    • University of Liège

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• Single and Double Slit Experiments for Walking Droplets in the Supercritical Faraday Regime

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 9:57 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 10:10 AM

  Presenters

  • Emily Dunn

    • Duke University

  Authors

  • Emily Dunn

    • Duke University

  • Bavand Keshavarz

    • Duke University

  • Earl Dowell

    • Duke University

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• Speed Oscillations of Walking Droplets along a Circular Orbit

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 10:10 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 10:23 AM

  Presenters

  • Rebecca H Nelson

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Authors

  • Rebecca H Nelson

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Austin Mitchell Blitstein

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Pedro J Saenz

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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• Memory-enhanced diffusivity in walking droplets mediated by wave interference

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 10:23 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 10:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Frane Antun Sazunic Ljubetic

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Authors

  • Frane Antun Sazunic Ljubetic

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Austin Mitchell Blitstein

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Katie Newhall

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Pedro J Saenz

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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• Ponderomotive Effects in a 1D Model of Pilot-Wave Hydrodynamics

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 10:36 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 10:49 AM

  Presenters

  • joel Been

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • MIT

  Authors

  • joel Been

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • MIT

  • Bauyrzhan Primkulov

    • Yale University

  • Ludovico Theo Giorgini

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • John W M Bush

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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