https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-021-00096-y
Regular Article
Projectile motion of surface gravity water wave packets: An analogy to quantum mechanics
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Raymond and Beverly Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel
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School of Electrical Engineering, Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Institut für Quantenphysik and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology (IQST), Universität Ulm, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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Institute of Quantum Technologies, German Aerospace Center (DLR), 89081, Ulm, Germany
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Hagler Institute for Advanced Study at Texas A&M University, Texas A & M AgriLife Research, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering (IQSE), and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A & M University, 77843-4242, College Station, TX, USA
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Department of Physics, Grinnell College, P.O. Box 805, 50112, Grinnell, IA, USA
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City College of the City University of New York, 10031, New York, NY, USA
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School of Mechanical Engineering, Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel
Received:
24
July
2020
Accepted:
5
January
2021
Published online:
16
April
2021
We study phase contributions of wave functions that occur in the evolution of Gaussian surface gravity water wave packets with nonzero initial momenta propagating in the presence and absence of an effective external linear potential. Our approach takes advantage of the fact that in contrast to matter waves, water waves allow us to measure both their amplitudes and phases.
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