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Vortex avalanches and the onset of superfluid turbulence

Soft Condensed Matter 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

Quantized circulation, absence of Galilean invariance due to a clamped normal component, and the vortex mutual friction are the major factors that make superfluid turbulence behave in a way different from that in classical fluids. The model is developed for the onset of superfluid turbulence that describes the initial avalanche-like multiplication of vortices into a turbulent vortex tangle.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0309708,
  title  = {Vortex avalanches and the onset of superfluid turbulence},
  author = {N. B. Kopnin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0309708},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages