The pilot-wave dynamics of walking droplets

@article{Harris2013ThePD,
  title={The pilot-wave dynamics of walking droplets},
  author={Daniel M. Harris and John W. M. Bush},
  journal={Physics of Fluids},
  year={2013},
  volume={25},
  pages={091112}
}
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