arXiv · 1410.0164
Comment on "Reconnection of quantized vortex filaments and the Kolmogorov spectrum"
Abstract
In this Comment we would like to emphasize that in Phys. Rev. B 90, 104506 (2014) the calculated energy spectrum takes into account only the small interaction (cross) term and, additionally, this term is only calculated at the instant when the two vortices reconnect. The majority of the kinetic energy is contained in the self-energy term which has a characteristic spectrum of $1/k$. If this, and the additional average over time, is taken into account the suggested Kolmogorov type $k^{-5/3}$ spectrum is likely not visible in the kinetic energy spectrum which contains both terms. Therefore, we find the suggestion misleading that the Kolmogorov spectrum in superfluids arises from the reconnection of vortices.
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R. Hänninen. 2015-03-16. Comment on "Reconnection of quantized vortex filaments and the Kolmogorov spectrum". https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.91.106501
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