title: Large bubble rupture sparks fast liquid jet.
abstract: This Letter presents the novel experimental observation of long and narrow jets shooting out in disconnecting large elongated bubbles. We investigate this phenomenon by carrying out experiments with various viscosities, surface tensions, densities and nozzle radii. We propose a universal scaling law for the jet velocity, which unexpectedly involves the bubble height to the power 3/2. This anomalous exponent suggests an energy focusing phenomenon. We demonstrate experimentally that this focusing is purely gravity driven and independent of the pinch-off singularity.
authors.affiliation: Institut Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, Université Pierre et Marie Curie and CNRS, UMR 7190, 4 Place Jussieu, F-75005 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Séon
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Antkowiak