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Quantum turbulence that exhibits vortex creation, annihilation and interactions is demonstrated as an exact solution of the time-dependent, free-particle Schr\"odinger equation evolved from a smooth random-phased initial condition. Relaxed…

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In this paper we continue to study small amplitude solutions of the damped cubic NLS equation, driven by a random force (the study was initiated in our previous work [A.Dymov, S.Kuksin, Comm. Math. Phys.'2021] and continued in [A.Dymov,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-09-09 Andrey Dymov , Sergei Kuksin

In two dimensions a vortex lattice can melt by quantum fluctuations into a non-superfluid Quantum Vortex Liquid (QVL). To determine the melting conditions, we compute the bare vortex hopping rate by exact diagonalization of square clusters…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-01-12 Netanel H. Lindner , Assa Auerbach , Daniel P. Arovas

The Madelung equations offer a hydrodynamic description of quantum systems, from single particles to quantum fluids. In this formulation, the probability density is mapped onto the fluid density and the phase is treated as a scalar…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-20 Christopher Triola

Exact relaxation times and eigenfunctions for a simple mechanical model of polymer dynamics are obtained using supersymmetry methods of quantum mechanics. The model includes the finite extensibility of the molecule and does not make use of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 P. Ilg , I. V. Karlin , S. Succi

We perform direct numerical simulations (DNSs) of emulsions in homogeneous, isotropic turbulence using a pseudopotential lattice-Boltzmann (PP-LB) method. Improving on previous literature by minimizing droplet dissolution and spurious…

We model a macromolecule as an infinitely long Gaussian semi-flexible polymer chain and the conformations of the chain were realized in the nano cube using a cubic lattice. A modified version of the recursion relations is used to calculate…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-01-11 Pramod Kumar Mishra

We derive a fully quantum-mechanical equation of motion for a vortex in a 2-dimensional Bose superfluid, in the temperature regime where the normal fluid density $\rho_n(T)$ is small. The coupling between the vortex "zero mode" and the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-05-21 L. Thompson , P. C. E. Stamp

We discuss the K\"ahler quantization of moduli spaces of vortices in line bundles over compact surfaces $\Sigma$. This furnishes a semiclassical framework for the study of quantum vortex dynamics in the Schr\"odinger-Chern-Simons model. We…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-05-13 Dennis Eriksson , Nuno M. Romão

We propose a heuristic model of the universe as a growing quasicrystal projected from a higher-dimensional lattice. This quasicrystalline framework offers a novel perspective on cosmic expansion, where the intrinsic growth dynamics…

General Physics · Physics 2025-02-04 Marcelo Maciel Amaral , Aman Yadav

General molecular dynamic approach, making possible direct calculation of eigen values and eigen functions for a quantum-mechanical system of an arbitrary symmetry is proposed. The method is based on analogy between discrete representation…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 V. N. Pyrkov , V. M. Burlakov

We use optical trapping to continuously bend an isolated microtubule while simultaneously measuring the applied force and the resulting filament strain, thus allowing us to determine its elastic properties over a wide range of applied…

Biological Physics · Physics 2018-07-24 Edvin Memet , Feodor Hilitski , Margaret A Morris , Walter J Schwenger , Zvonimir Dogic , L Mahadevan

Multi-scale simulations of nanotube-based nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) controlled by a nonuniform electric field are performed by an example of a gigahertz oscillator. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we obtain the friction…

Concepts from elementary quantum mechanics can be used to understand vortex line fluctuations in high-temperature superconductors. Flux lines are essentially classical objects, described by a string tension, their mutual repulsion, and…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 David R. Nelson

In this paper we explicate a method of magneto quantum hydrodynamics (MQHD) for the study of the quantum evolution of a system of spinning fermions in an external electromagnetic field. The fundamental equations of microscopic quantum…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2014-02-20 Mariya Ivanovna Trukhanova

This paper presents a novel methodology for the direct numerical modeling and simulation of turbulent flows. The kinetic model equation is firstly extended to turbulent flow with the account of coupled evolution of kinetic, thermal, and…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-03-11 Xiaojian Yang , Kun Xu

Turbulence in quantum fluids has, surprisingly, a lot in common with its classical counterpart. Recently, cold atomic gases has emerged as a well controlled experimental platform to study turbulent dynamics. In this work, we introduce a…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2024-01-24 Myrann Baker-Rasooli , Wei Liu , Tangui Aladjidi , Alberto Bramati , Quentin Glorieux

We study the azimuthal modulational instability of vortices with different topological charges, in the focusing two-dimensional nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger (NLS) equation. The method of studying the stability relies on freezing the radial…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2012-05-11 R. M. Caplan , Q. E. Hoq , R. Carretero-González , P. G. Kevrekidis

The lattice Boltzmann model is a simplified kinetic method based on the particle distribution function. We use this method to simulate problems in MEMS, in which the velocity slip near the wall plays an important role. It is demonstrated…

comp-gas · Physics 2007-05-23 Xiaobo Nie , Gary D. Doolen , Shiyi Chen

Microtubules host dense ultraviolet-absorbing aromatic networks, suggesting an opportunity to engineer their optical response for biotechnology. Here we assess the feasibility of tuning microtubule fluorescence by combining an excitonic…

Biological Physics · Physics 2026-04-22 Lea Gassab , Travis J. A. Craddock