title: Dripping faucet dynamics is determined by synchronization of drop oscillations and detachment.
abstract: A dripping faucet is an example of an everyday system that exhibits surprisingly rich dynamics ranging from periodic to chaotic. Using a simple capacitive device, we experimentally demonstrate that the dynamics is determined by the degree of synchronization between two temporally disparate processes: the time at which a drop attains a critical mass and an oscillatory process that accompanies the formation of a drop. We present a full experimental phase-space reconstruction of the ensuing dynamics.
authors.affiliation: Abramson Center for Medical Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
authors.forename: Ariel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shemesh
authors.forename: Solange
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akselrod
authors.forename: Ziv
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Reich
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shahar
authors.forename: Ruti
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kapon
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D004867:Equipment Design; D008422:Materials Testing; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D009991:Oscillometry; D010825:Physics / Q000379:methods*; D016012:Poisson Distribution; D013997:Time Factors; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D014867:Water