Rogue and shock waves in nonlinear dispersive media /

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Imprint:Switzerland : Springer, 2016.
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 370 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:English
Series:Lecture notes in physics, 0075-8450 ; volume 926
Lecture notes in physics ; 926.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11267291
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Other authors / contributors:Onorato, Miguel, editor.
Resitori, Stefania, editor.
Baronio, Fabio, editor.
ISBN:9783319392141
331939214X
9783319392127
3319392123
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 5, 2016).
Summary:This self-contained set of lectures addresses a gap in the literature by providing a systematic link between the theoretical foundations of the subject matter and cutting-edge applications in both geophysical fluid dynamics and nonlinear optics. Rogue and shock waves are phenomena that may occur in the propagation of waves in any nonlinear dispersive medium. Accordingly, they have been observed in disparate settings? as ocean waves, in nonlinear optics, in Bose-Einstein condensates, and in plasmas. Rogue and dispersive shock waves are both characterized by the development of extremes: for the former, the wave amplitude becomes unusually large, while for the latter, gradients reach extreme values. Both aspects strongly influence the statistical properties of the wave propagation and are thus considered together here in terms of their underlying theoretical treatment. This book offers a self-contained graduate-level text intended as both an introduction and reference guide for a new generation of scientists working on rogue and shock wave phenomena across a broad range of fields in applied physics and geophysics.
Other form:Print version: Rogue and shock waves in nonlinear dispersive media. Switzerland : Springer, 2016 9783319392127 3319392123
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-39214-1