Caustic graphene plasmons with Kelvin angle

• Main Authors: Shi, Xihang, Lin, Xiao, Gao, Fei, Xu, Hongyi, Yang, Zhaoju, Zhang, Baile
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Physics and Applied Physics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81073; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39142
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A century-long argument made by Lord Kelvin that all swimming objects have an effective Mach number of 3, corresponding to a Kelvin angle of 19.5° for ship waves, has been challenged recently with the conclusion that the Kelvin angle should gradually transit to the Mach angle as the ship's velo...