Long waves such as tsunamis can be trapped by islands due to wave refraction,and these trapped waves will cause huge damage even in the sheltered shoreline of the island.That all waves propagating into the topography ...Long waves such as tsunamis can be trapped by islands due to wave refraction,and these trapped waves will cause huge damage even in the sheltered shoreline of the island.That all waves propagating into the topography and finally reaching the coastline are called perfect trapped modes,while any waves escaping from the topography are called leaky modes.Whether these long waves can be trapped is dependent on the depth profile of the island.This paper presents analytic solutions of the ray path for waves propagating into the circular island with power function profiles.Wave height distributions over the island are further investigated based on the principia that crowded rays correspond to large wave height and sparse rays correspond to small wave height.The trapped mechanism for water waves over the island is revealed based on their ray paths.Furthermore,the perfectly trapped criterion is derived,that is,when the slope gradient at the topography toe is greater than twice the ratio of the water depth to the radial distances,all wave rays propagating on the island will finally reach the coastline,and the waves are perfectly trapped.展开更多
Abstract Using variational method, the wave function of a quasi two-dimensional Bose-Einstein Condensate in an anharmonic trap is analyzed and the influence of gravity on the eollective excitations is studied. It is f...Abstract Using variational method, the wave function of a quasi two-dimensional Bose-Einstein Condensate in an anharmonic trap is analyzed and the influence of gravity on the eollective excitations is studied. It is found that the effect of gravity on the condensate has got crucial dependence on the anharmonieity of the trap.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2016YFC 1402800)the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(No.51425901)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51579090)Innovation Project of Colleges and Universities in Jiangsu Province(No.2015B41814)
文摘Long waves such as tsunamis can be trapped by islands due to wave refraction,and these trapped waves will cause huge damage even in the sheltered shoreline of the island.That all waves propagating into the topography and finally reaching the coastline are called perfect trapped modes,while any waves escaping from the topography are called leaky modes.Whether these long waves can be trapped is dependent on the depth profile of the island.This paper presents analytic solutions of the ray path for waves propagating into the circular island with power function profiles.Wave height distributions over the island are further investigated based on the principia that crowded rays correspond to large wave height and sparse rays correspond to small wave height.The trapped mechanism for water waves over the island is revealed based on their ray paths.Furthermore,the perfectly trapped criterion is derived,that is,when the slope gradient at the topography toe is greater than twice the ratio of the water depth to the radial distances,all wave rays propagating on the island will finally reach the coastline,and the waves are perfectly trapped.
文摘Abstract Using variational method, the wave function of a quasi two-dimensional Bose-Einstein Condensate in an anharmonic trap is analyzed and the influence of gravity on the eollective excitations is studied. It is found that the effect of gravity on the condensate has got crucial dependence on the anharmonieity of the trap.
