Soliton interaction in a chain of steel balls
The paper presents the results of experimental research on the soliton cross interaction in a chain of steel balls. It is shown that the cross interaction of disturbances in the chain of steel balls spans a space of four balls. After the interaction the amplitude, the velocity, and the spatial and temporal halfwidth of disturbances change but slightly. The peculiarity found in the phase shift of disturbances suggests that these disturbances are solitons with particle-like properties.