Superfluid spirals: Scientists control Kelvin waves for first time
In a new study published in Nature Physics, researchers have developed the first controlled method for exciting and observing ...
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Researchers first observe counterflow superfluidity in Mott insulator
A research team led by Prof. PAN Jianwei, Prof. WAN Zhensheng and Prof. DENG Youjin from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) observed counterflow superfluidity in two-component ...
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First-ever simulation of chaotic sound wave propagation confirms acoustic turbulence theory
Turbulence can also occur in sound waves that propagate chaotically in certain media, such as superfluid helium. In the 1970s, Soviet scientists proposed that turbulence occurs when sound waves ...
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Riding Quantum Kelvin Wave
Lord Kelvin theorized in 1880 that stimulating a thin vortex line would produce a helical deformation, later known as a ...
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TPU mathematicians find 'simplified' description of nonlinear quantum systems
Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University have proposed a new approach to the asymptotic description of open nonlinear ...
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Scientists catch spirals of Kelvin waves in superfluid helium for the first time
Kelvin waves have been a mystery for decades but a new method involving superfluid helium-4 can help us control them.
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Riding the quantum Kelvin wave
Scientists demonstrate controlled oscillations of quantum vortex core lines in superfluid helium, visualizing helical waves on quantum vortices.