Caustic graphene plasmons with Kelvin angle

• Main Authors: Shi, Xihang, Lin, Xiao, Gao, Fei, Xu, Hongyi, Yang, Zhaoju, Zhang, Baile
• 其他作者: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2015
• 主題: Physics and Applied Physics
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81073; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39142

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...