The geometry of sound rays in a wind
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Gibbons, GW
Warnick, CM
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We survey the close relationship between sound and light rays and geometry. In the case where the medium is at rest, the geometry is the classical geometry of Riemann. In the case where the medium is moving, the more general geometry known as Finsler geometry is needed. We develop these geometries ab initio, with examples, and in particular show how sound rays in a stratified atmosphere with a wind can be mapped to a problem of circles and straight lines.
Date Issued
2011-04-20
Date Acceptance
2011-02-14
Citation
Contemporary Physics, 2011, 52 (3), pp.197-209
ISSN
1366-5812
Publisher
Taylor and Francis
Start Page
197
End Page
209
Journal / Book Title
Contemporary Physics
Volume
52
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
© 2011 Taylor & Francis. This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Contemporary Physics, available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00107514.2011.563515
Subjects
Fluids & Plasmas
01 Mathematical Sciences
02 Physical Sciences
Publication Status
Published