Learning on ScreenSolitons
- Synopsis
- A mechanical model for soliton, antisoliton and breather is presented as a solution of the Sinus-Gordon equation. Collision and penetration of solitons, anti-solitons and breathers. Breakdown of a pulse into soliton and anti-soliton. The Lorentz contraction for fast solitons. Dispersion for small angles of torsion (rotation). The phases computer-drawn.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Germany
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 16 min.
- Year of production
- 1979
- Availability
- Sale; 1996 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)
- Subjects
- Physics
- Keywords
- solitons
Credits
- Writer
- F Kaiser; H Genz; H M Staudenmaier
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
Learning on Screen - the British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council
- services@bufvc.ac.uk
- Web
- http://bufvc.ac.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 3743 2345
- Address
- York House
221 Pentonville Road
London
N1 9UZ - Notes
- The Learning on Screen distribution library is currently only available in part. Please contact us with any individual queries. The two series of InterUniversity History Film Consortium films which make extensive use of archive footage been digitised for free, online viewing by UK HE institutions - see Learning on Screen InterUniversity History Film Consortium Films (qv).
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