TY  - JOUR
N2  - We present new families of gravity?capillary solitary waves propagating on the surface of a two-dimensional deep fluid. These spatially localised travelling-wave solutions are non-symmetric in the wave propagation direction. Our computation reveals that these waves appear from a spontaneous symmetry-breaking bifurcation, and connect two branches of multi-packet symmetric solitary waves. The speed?energy bifurcation curve of asymmetric solitary waves features a zigzag behaviour with one or more turning points.
KW  - capillary waves
KW  -  solitary waves
KW  -  surface gravity waves
VL  - 759
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2014.567
SN  - 0022-1120
A1  - Wang, Z
A1  - Vanden-Broeck, J-M
A1  - Milewski, PA
AV  - public
ID  - discovery1477288
N1  - Copyright © 2014 Cambridge University Press.
Y1  - 2014/11//
TI  - Asymmetric gravity-capillary solitary waves on deep water
JF  - Journal of Fluid Mechanics
ER  -