| 38 | 38 | The same wave of inward moving material is seen in each of these plots, except that the sphere in the lighter medium is more resilient to allowing the wave to pass through the boundary, whereas in the matched case there seems to be no boundary and the wave passes freely through Rbe. Thus it seems that in the light ambient case, while there is inward moving material, there is little momentum being imparted to the sphere's boundary and so, the velocity of the material inside doesn't acquire the general shape of the velocity curve outside of the sphere. The inward moving material in the matched case must have a greater momentum, allowing the flow of energy to enter into the sphere resulting in a continuous wave across the boundary. |
