English

Quasi-stable configurations of torus vortex knots and links

Other Condensed Matter 2018-11-20 v2 Pattern Formation and Solitons Fluid Dynamics

Abstract

The dynamics of torus vortex configurations Vn,p,qV_{n,p,q} in a superfluid liquid at zero temperature (nn is the number of quantum vortices, pp is the number of turns of each filament around the symmetry axis of the torus, and qq is the number of turns of the filament around its central circle; radii R0R_0 and r0r_0 of the torus at the initial instant are much larger than vortex core width ξ\xi) has been simulated numerically based on a regularized Biot-Savart law. The lifetime of vortex systems till the instant of their substantial deformation has been calculated with a small step in parameter B0=r0/R0B_0=r_0/R_0 for various values of parameter Λ=log(R0/ξ)\Lambda=\log(R_0/\xi). It turns out that for certain values of nn, pp, and qq, there exist quasi-stability regions in the plane of parameters (B0,Λ)(B_0,\Lambda), in which the vortices remain almost invariable during dozens and even hundreds of characteristic times.

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@article{arxiv.1806.10783,
  title  = {Quasi-stable configurations of torus vortex knots and links},
  author = {Victor P. Ruban},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.10783},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

6 pages, 19 figures, English translation of Russian original, to appear as JETP 127(3), 581-586 (2018)