arXiv · 1612.02930
Einstein-Bose condensation of Onsager vortices
Abstract
We have studied statistical mechanics of a gas of vortices in two dimensions. We introduce a new observable---a condensate fraction of Onsager vortices---to quantify the emergence of the vortex condensate. The condensation of Onsager vortices is most transparently observed in a single vortex species system and occurs due to a competition between solid body rotation (c.f. vortex lattice) and potential flow (c.f. multiple quantum vortex state). We propose an experiment to observe the condensation transition of the vortices in such a single vortex species system.
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Rahil N. Valani, Andrew J. Groszek, Tapio P. Simula. 2018-02-13. Einstein-Bose condensation of Onsager vortices. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630%2Faac0bb
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