Rotational superradiant scattering in a vortex flow
(2017)
Journal Article
Torres, T., Patrick, S., Coutant, A., Richartz, M., Tedford, E. . W., & Weinfurtner, S. (2017). Rotational superradiant scattering in a vortex flow. Nature Physics, 13, https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys4151
When an incident wave scatters off of an obstacle, it is partially reflected and partially transmitted. In theory, if the obstacle is rotating, waves can be amplified in the process, extracting energy from the scatterer. Here we describe in detail th... Read More about Rotational superradiant scattering in a vortex flow.