The pilot-wave dynamics of walking droplets
What it is
A short MIT Math Lab video showing millimetric droplets bouncing and walking across a vibrating fluid bath, guided by their own pilot waves. These droplets show diffraction, tunneling and quantized orbits, which were once thought to belong only to quantum systems.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited in pilot-wave theory threads as a vivid visualization of how quantum-like behavior can arise in a classical system.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2016, last 2017
What HN commenters said
“a nice visualization of the ideas behind the pilot wave/particle system”
Visualizes pilot wave and particle system.
appleflaxen, 2017-08 · Recommendation · in “Pilot-wave quantum theory gains experimental support”
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Topics: pilot wave, walking droplets, quantum analogs, fluid dynamics, couder
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