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Critical Velocities for Roton and Super-Flow Quantum Turbulence in Liquid $^4$He

Other Condensed Matter 2009-09-08 v1 Superconductivity

Abstract

Two different types of transitions of the superfluid 4^4He to quantum turbulence regimes are studied for 1D1{\rm D} geometry in the case when the influence of the normal fluid on superfluid flow is suppressed. It is shown that the roton mechanism of transition to quantum turbulence leads to a critical velocity satisfying the relation vcd1/4v_c\propto d^{-1/4}. In the super-flow mechanism, the transition to quantum turbulence arises when the "quantum Reynolds number" is about 10310^3 and the critical velocity depends on channel size dd as vcd1v_c\propto d^{-1} in agreement with the equations of motion for a superfluid component of the liquid 4^4He being disturbed by small fluctuations of the normal fluid.

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@article{arxiv.0909.1140,
  title  = {Critical Velocities for Roton and Super-Flow Quantum Turbulence in Liquid $^4$He},
  author = {V. I. Kruglov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.1140},
  year   = {2009}
}

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It is submitted to Physical Review Letters