Containing examples that succinctly illustrate the use of Airy functions in classical and quantum physics, this comprehensive text is devoted to the mathematical properties of Airy functions, and ...

In 27 we found that the local turning-point approximations to the solutions of the Orr-Sommerfeld equation could be expressed in terms of double integrals of Airy functions. These approximations are ...

The ability of Airy light beams to transport microparticles along curved, self-healed paths may lead to useful applications in biology and colloidal science. Download PDF Interest in the trapping and ...

(Phys.org)—A team of physicists in Israel has succeeded in generating an electron Airy beam for the first time. As they describe in their paper published in the journal Nature, the researchers used a ...

For decades, physicists have known that quantum theory allows for wavelike objects to follow curved trajectories known as Airy functions, after the 19th-century British astronomer George Biddell Airy.