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Title:
Odd Surface Waves

Speaker:
Alexander Abanov

Abstract:
Two-dimensional isotropic fluids can possess an anomalous part of the viscous tensor known as odd or Hall viscosity. This peculiar viscosity does not lead to any dissipation in the fluid. I will describe the effects of the odd viscosity on surface waves of an incompressible droplet. In linear regime a new surface mode can exist even in the absence of external potential. The dispersion of this mode is $2\nu_o k |k|$. I will discuss the formation and the structure of an oscillating boundary layer accompanying odd surface waves.

Link:
http://scgp.stonybrook.edu/video_portal/video.php?id=3450

Workshop:
Simons- Program: Hydrodynamics, ergodicity, entanglement and localization in interacting lattice models and field theories