Some aspects of dispersive horizons: Lessons from surface waves

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Hydrodynamic surface waves propagating on a moving background flow experience an effective curved spacetime. We discuss experiments with gravity waves and capillary-gravity waves in which we study hydrodynamic black/white-hole horizons and the possibility of penetrating across them. Such possibility of penetration is due to the interaction with an additional "blue" horizon, which results from the inclusion of surface tension in the low-frequency gravity-wave theory. This interaction leads to a dispersive cusp beyond which both horizons completely disappear. We speculate the appearance of high-frequency "superluminal" corrections to be a universal characteristic of analogue gravity systems, and discuss their relevance for the trans-Planckian problem. We also discuss the role of Airy interference in hybridising the incoming waves with the flowing background (the effective spacetime) and blurring the position of the black/white-hole horizon. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2013.

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Chaline, J., Jannes, G., Maïssa, P., & Rousseaux, G. (2013). Some aspects of dispersive horizons: Lessons from surface waves. Lecture Notes in Physics, 870, 145–165. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00266-8_7

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