On non-Riemannian geometry of superfluids
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
The Gross-Pitaevski (GP) equation describing helium superfluids is extended to non-Riemannian spacetime background where torsion is shown to induce the splitting in the potential energy of the flow. A cylindrically symmetric solution for Minkowski background with constant torsion is obtained which shows that torsion induces a damping on the superfluid flow velocity. The Sagnac phase shift is computed from the superfluid flow velocity obtained from the solution of GP equations.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0301013,
title = {On non-Riemannian geometry of superfluids},
author = {L. C. Garcia de Andrade},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0301013},
year = {2007}
}
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