Wave-driven particles at a fluid interface: quantum analogs and active dynamics

by Giuseppe Pucci (CNR - NANOTEC)

Wednesday 29 Sept 2021, 12:00 → 13:00 Europe/Rome

Aula 2 (Dip. di Fisica - Edificio E. Fermi)

I review the potential and limitations as quantum analog and active systems of particles driven by self-generated waves at a fluid interface. Two experimental systems will be reviewed: walking droplets and capillary surfers. Walking droplets exhibit a number of quantum analogs and collective dynamics, including wavelike statistics in cavities, orbital quantization and spin lattices. Capillary surfers hold promise as a new platform for quantum analogs and for bridging the gap between dissipation- and inertia-dominated active systems.