arXiv · 1207.0322
Rotating quantum turbulence in superfluid 4He in the T=0 limit
Abstract
Observations of quantum turbulence in pure superfluid 4He in a rotating container are reported. New techniques of large-scale forcing (rotational oscillations of the cubic container) and detecting (monitoring ion transport along the axis of rotation) turbulence were implemented. Near the axial walls, with increasing forcing the vortex tangle grows without an observable threshold. This tangle gradually develops into bulk turbulence at a characteristic amplitude of forcing that depends on forcing frequency and rotation rate. At higher amplitudes, the total vortex line length increases rapidly. Resonances of inertial waves are observed in both laminar and turbulent bulk states. On such resonances, the turbulence appears at smaller amplitudes of forcing.
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P. M. Walmsley, A. I. Golov. 2012-07-02. Rotating quantum turbulence in superfluid 4He in the T=0 limit. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.86.060518
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