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Non-Monotonic Dispersion of Surface Waves in Magnetic Fluids

Thomas Mahr, Ingo Rehberg, Alexander Groisman

patt-solarXiv:patt-sol/9604005

Abstract

The dispersion relation of surface waves of a magnetic fluid in a magnetic field is studied experimentally. We verify the theoretically predicted existence of a non-monotonic dispersion relation. In particular, we demonstrate the existence of two different wave numbers occuring at the same frequency in an annular geometry.

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