Vibrational instability: a possible test of nuclear hydrodynamics

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:7106336

Griffin, J J; Wong, C Y

In the controlled collisions of water droplets, an instability arises which was not predicted by theory. Nevertheless, it is believed that some well-established theoretical hydrodynamical considerations promise to describe the phenomenon in a very simple and intuitive way. As a result, there arises the prospect of testing, perhaps with some rigor, the qualitative question of whether the nuclear fluid dynamics can properly be described as hydrodynamics (i.e., by means of a Navier--Stokes equation), or whether nuclear matter flows according to new laws still to receive their detailed specification. 5 figures.

• Research Organization: Giessen Univ. (Germany, F.R.); Maryland Univ., College Park (USA). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy; Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 7106336
• Report Number(s): CONF-760155-1; TRN: 77-012685
• Resource Relation: Conference: 14. international winter meeting on nuclear physics, Bormio, Italy, Jan 1976
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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