Superwalking droplets

"Superwalking droplets
Rahil Valani, School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
Anja Slim, School of Mathematics and the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment , Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
Tapio Simula, Centre for Quantum and Optical Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne
DOI: doi.org/10.110...
On vertically vibrating a bath of silicone oil, droplets of the same oil can be made to walk on the liquid surface. This walking droplet, also called a walker, creates a local wave each time it bounces on the fluid trampoline. The waves in turn push around the walker, giving rise to a moving wave-particle entity. By vibrating the bath at two driving frequencies, f and f/2, we have observed a new class of walking droplets which we coin superwalkers. Superwalkers may be more than double the size of the largest walkers and may travel at more than triple the speed of the fastest ones. Being bigger and faster, enable these superwalkers to overcome their wave barriers and get very close to other superwalkers, resulting in a new kind of interaction. This interaction gives rise to plethora of novel multidroplet behaviors.
See other videos from the 2019 Gallery of Fluid Motion: gfm.aps.org/"

[@antonpinchuk7544]

We see here unlimited richness of nonlinear behaviour. The world around us down to the very basis is nonlinear!

[@maciej12345678]

remind me of Conway game of life 1:52

[@frun]

Fractal game of Life in life czcams.com/video/xP5-iIeKXE8/video.html

[@livethemoment5148]

wow...I independently had the same thought....now we know for sure its possible...our thoughts were entangled at the macro scale

[@sanjuansteve]

Since we know we're in a sea of undetectable dark matter but don't know where it's distributed and since everything in the universe from electrons to solar systems is in orbit with something else, why isn't the first assumption of how or why a photon acts like a particle but also as a ''wave packet'' for every physics student to think every photon might be in orbit with a dark matter particle pulling it into a polarizable axial or helical apparent wave as they travel?

[@HenriFaust]

It's called dark matter, because it doesn't interact with photons. The only evidence that exists is the spatial distortions cause by gravity.
Also all matter and energy obeys the same wave-particle duality that photons do. You can read more about that here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter_wave

[@sanjuansteve]

@@HenriFaust ''It's called dark matter, because it doesn't interact with photons.''
No shit asshole?!?!

[@HenriFaust]

@@sanjuansteve "why isn't the first assumption of how or why a photon acts like a particle but also as a ''wave packet'' for every physics student to think every photon might be in orbit with a dark matter particle pulling it into a polarizable axial or helical apparent wave as they travel?"

[@HenriFaust]

@@professorrutland8743 You mean like Faraday?

[@HenriFaust]

@@professorrutland8743 Faraday received no formal schooling in physics.

[@livethemoment5148]

is this going to evolve into a droplet version of Conways Game of Life?

[@rotgertesla]

That's great! Now make an anti bubble and try to make it walk!