A fractal world of cloistered waves

Peter G. Baines
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Peter G. Baines: CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research

Nature, 1997, vol. 388, issue 6642, 518-519

Abstract: Waves can usually be described in terms of normal modes -- oscillations of particularfrequencies that can be added together to produce any overall oscillation. But for internalbuoyancy waves in closed containers, the situation is a lot stranger: they converge on'attractors', geometrical points or paths whose shape has a fractal dependence on frequency, andcannot be represented as a sum of normal modes. This has implications for systems such asstratified lakes, and perhaps the Earth's liquid outer core.

Date: 1997
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