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Rogue waves caught in 3D

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Three-dimensional rogue waves have been observed in a dusty-plasma system, which provides a wave–particle interaction view on their formation.

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Figure 1: Three-dimensional rouge waves.

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  • 27 April 2016

    In the News & Views 'Rogue waves caught in 3D' (Nature Physics http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nphys3696; 2016), the caption described the size of the slices depicted in Fig. 1 incorrectly and it should have read 11 mm × 11 mm. This error has been corrected online 27 April 2016.

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