Benjamin–Feir instability

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf physical phenomenon
hydrodynamic instability
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs modulational instability
gptkbp:appliesTo Stokes waves
deep water waves
gptkbp:cause amplitude modulation of waves
sideband growth
gptkbp:describes instability of a uniform wave train to long-wavelength perturbations
gptkbp:field fluid dynamics
nonlinear wave theory
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1967
gptkbp:form gptkb:Nonlinear_Schrödinger_equation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Benjamin–Feir instability
gptkbp:namedAfter Jim E. Feir
T. Brooke Benjamin
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Journal_of_Fluid_Mechanics
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:optics
gptkb:Nonlinear_Schrödinger_equation
gptkb:Bose–Einstein_condensates
oceanography
plasma physics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Thomas_Brooke_Benjamin
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8