Irrotational, two-dimensional surface waves in fluids

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-00266-8_4MaRDI QIDQ5261908zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors W. G. Unruh

Publication date 8 July 2015

Published in Lecture Notes in Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1205.6751

zbMATH Keywords

black holesshallow water approximationequations for waves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Wave equation (35L05) Black holes (83C57) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

Abstract: The equations for waves on the surface of an irrotational incompressible fluid are derived in the coordinates of the velocity potential/stream function. The low frequency shallow water approximation for these waves is derived for a varying bottom topography. Most importantly, the conserved norm for the surface waves is derived, important for quantisation of these waves and their use in analog models for black holes.

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