Found a preprint of the paper! http://www.unice.fr/rajchenbach/starPRL.pdf
It has one set of pictures showing a similiar pattern in both a circular container and a square container. Harry On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 11:53 AM, David Roberson <dlrober...@aol.com> wrote: > I agree this is interesting behavior. I have a suspicion that the shapes > that emerge do so because of a very high Q resonance at the particular > frequencies that the final waveform is composed of. Trying to figure out > which frequencies will have that characteristic would be the difficult part. > > Dave > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Harry Veeder <hveeder...@gmail.com> > To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> > Sent: Sun, Feb 24, 2013 11:48 am > Subject: Re: [Vo]:star shaped gravity waves > > On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 1:59 AM, Mark Goldes <mgol...@chavaenergy.com> > wrote: >> >> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/23/star-shaped-gravity-waves-physicists-france_n_2744664.html?ir=Science >> >> > > quote: > <<"It is generally accepted that the shape of the waves depends on the > container shape," said researcher Jean Rajchenbach, a physicist at the > University of Nice Sophia Antipolis in France. "The fact that the > pattern shape is here recovered independently of the container shape > is surprising, mysterious and stimulating. We have no clear > explanation.>> > > This is remarkable. To bad there is no video or pictures showing > different sized containers. > > Harry >
