Bouncing droplets mimic spin systems

Nicolas Vandewalle ()

Nature, 2021, vol. 596, issue 7870, 40-41

Abstract: Experiments show that a collection of bouncing fluid droplets can behave like a microscopic system of spins — the intrinsic angular momenta of particles. This discovery could lead to a better understanding of the physics of spin systems.

Keywords: Fluid dynamics; Quantum physics; Condensed-matter physics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-021-02077-6

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