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There are two prominent applications of the mathematical concept of topology to the physics of materials: band topology, which classifies different topological insulators and semimetals, and topological defects that represent immutable…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-08-11 Zhi-Kang Lin , Qiang Wang , Yang Liu , Haoran Xue , Baile Zhang , Yidong Chong , Jian-Hua Jiang

Vortices are topological defects associated with superfluids and superconductors, which, when mobile, dissipate energy destroying the dissipation-less nature of the superfluid. The nature of this "quantum dissipation" is rooted in the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-05-10 Wei-Can Yang , Chuan-Yin Xia , Hua-Bi Zeng , Makoto Tsubota , Jan Zaanen

We formulate a quantum theory of vorticity (hydro)dynamics on a general two-dimensional bosonic lattice. In the classical limit of a bosonic condensate, it reduces to conserved plasma-like vortex-antivortex dynamics. The nonlocal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-13 Yaroslav Tserkovnyak , Ji Zou

Classical particle mechanics on curved spaces is related to the flow of ideal fluids, by a dual interpretation of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation. As in second quantization, the procedure relates the description of a system with a finite…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. W. van Holten

By using topological current theory we study the inner topological structure of vortices a two-dimensional (2D) XY model and find the topological current relating to the order parameter field. A scalar field, $\psi$, is introduced through…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-09-03 Wei-Kai Qi , Yong Chen

We outline the content and theoretical support for the proposal of "hydrodynamics on (mini)superspace" (or a non-linear extension of quantum cosmology) as an effective framework for quantum gravity in a cosmological context. The basis for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-03-19 Daniele Oriti

In chaotic deterministic systems, seemingly stochastic behavior is generated by relatively simple, though hidden, organizing rules and structures. Prominent among the tools used to characterize this complexity in 1D and 2D systems are…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-06-07 Spencer A. Smith , Joshua Arenson , Eric Roberts , Suzanne Sindi , Kevin A. Mitchell

The nonlinear coupling between spacetime geometry and matter in the early Universe remains a frontier in theoretical cosmology. By introducing a novel gravitomagnetic-hydrodynamic framework, we reveal a fundamental analogy between…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-28 Jiaxiang Liang , Peng Xu , Minghui Du , Yifu Cheng , Zhan Wang , Ziren Luo , Manjia Liang

It has been known since the pioneering work of Onsager and Feynman that the statistical mechanics and dynamics of vortices play an essential role in the behavior of superfluids and superconductors. However, the theory of vortices in quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Michael R. Geller , David J. Thouless , Sung-Wu Rhee , W. F. Vinen

The Adler equation is a well-known one-dimensional model describing phase locking and synchronization. Motivated by recent experiments using optomechanical oscillators, we extend the model to include overtone-synthesized sinusoidal coupling…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-21 Hiroshi Yamaguchi , Motoki Asano

Thin cylindrical membranes arise in a wide variety of biological systems ranging from tubular structures on and within cell membranes to in-vitro experiments on artificial vesicles. Motor proteins embedded in such fluidic membranes often…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-07-09 Udaya Maurya , Surya Teja Gavva , Arpan Saha , Rickmoy Samanta

Topology forms a cornerstone in modern condensed matter and statistical physics, offering a new framework to classify the phases and phase transitions beyond the traditional Landau paradigm. However, it is widely believed that topological…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-01-05 Xue-Jia Yu , Limei Xu , Hai-Qing Lin

The relativistic hydrodynamical equations are being examined with the aim of extracting the quantum-mechanical equations (the relativistic Klein-Gordon equation and the Schr\"odinger equation in the non-relativistic limit). In both cases it…

General Physics · Physics 2015-10-12 Valeriy I. Sbitnev

Carroll hydrodynamics arises in the $c\to 0$ limit of relativistic hydrodynamics. Instances of its relevance include the Bjorken and Gubser flow models of heavy-ion collisions, where the ultrarelativistic nature of the flow makes the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-13 Kedar S. Kolekar , Taniya Mandal , Ashish Shukla , Pushkar Soni

The fluid motion produced by a periodic array of identical, axisymmetric, thin-cored vortex rings is investigated. It is well known that such an array moves uniformly without change of shape or form in the direction of the central axis of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-04-20 Emad Masroor , Mark A. Stremler

Barotropic fluid flows with the same circulation structure as steady flows generically have comoving physical surfaces on which the vortex lines lie. These become Bernoullian surfaces when the flow is steady. When these surfaces are nested…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-09-29 Asher Yahalom

The flow of viscous fluids is considered as the aggregation of the motion of fluid particles when the fluid is conceived to be made up by an infinite number of particles. As an alternative of this conventional model, fluid motion could be…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-02-07 Wennan Zou , Jian He

The "unreasonable effectiveness" of relativistic fluid dynamics in describing high energy heavy-ion and even proton-proton collisions are demonstrated and discussed. Several recent ideas of optimizing relativistic fluid dynamics for the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-10-02 Ulrich W. Heinz , J. Scott Moreland

Recent studies of pseudo-plane ideal flow (PIF) reveal a ubiquitous presence of vortex alignment in both homogeneous and stratified fluids, and in both inertial and rotating reference frames as well. The exact solutions of a steady-state…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-09-08 Che Sun

Quantum turbulence shares many similarities with classical turbulence in the isotropic and homogeneous case, despite the inviscid and quantized nature of its vortices. However, when quantum fluids are subjected to rotation, their turbulent…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-06-23 Julian Amette Estrada , Marc E. Brachet , Pablo D. Mininni