Observation of Phillips's spectrum in Faraday waves

ORAL

Abstract

We consider the problem of wave turbulence generated by singularities from an experimental point of view. We study a system of Faraday waves interacting with waves generated by a wave-maker driven with a random forcing. We measure the temporal fluctuations of the surface wave amplitude at a given location and we show that for a wide range of forcing parameters the surface height displays a power-law spectra that greatly differs from the one predicted by the WT theory. In the capillary region the power spectrum turns out to be proportional to $f^{-5}$, which we believe is due to singularities moving across the system.

Authors

  • Gustavo Castillo

    Universidad de Chile

  • Claudio Falc\'on

    Universidad de Chile, DFI-FCFM, universidad de Chile