An elegant experiment showing that acoustic waves are amplified after scattering by a rotating body demonstrates an effect predicted in 1971 by Yakov Zel’dovich. This result has implications for the understanding of scattering from black holes.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals
Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription
$29.99 / 30 days
cancel any time
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 12 print issues and online access
$209.00 per year
only $17.42 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
References
Zel’dovich, Y. P. JETP Lett. 14, 180–181 (1971).
Faccio, D. & Wright, E. M. Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 44301 (2019).
Cromb, M. et al. Nat. Phys. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-020-0944-3 (2020).
Demore, C. E. M. et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 194301 (2012).
Padgett, M., Courtial, J. & Allen, L. Phys. Today 57, 35–40 (2004).
Shen, Y. et al. Light Sci. Appl. 8, 90 (2019).
Baudoin, M. et al. Sci. Adv. 5, eaav1967 (2019).
Marzo, A., Caleap, M. & Drinkwater, B. W. Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 044301 (2018).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Drinkwater, B.W. An acoustic black hole. Nat. Phys. 16, 1010–1011 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-020-0954-1
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-020-0954-1
