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The spin superfluidity -- superfluidity in the magnetic subsystem of a condensed matter - is manifested as the spontaneous phase-coherent precession of spins first discovered in 1984 in 3He-B. This superfluid current of spins - spin…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-03-13 Yu. M. Bunkov , G. E. Volovik

The discovery of the superfluid phases of Helium 3 in 1971 opened the door to one of the most fascinating systems known in condensed matter physics. Superfluidity of Helium 3, originating from pair condensation of Helium 3 atoms, turned out…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Vollhardt , P. Woelfle

Superfluidity is an emergent quantum phenomenon which arises due to strong interactions between elementary excitations in liquid helium. These excitations have been probed with great success using techniques such as neutron and light…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-09 G. I. Harris , D. L. McAuslan , E. Sheridan , Y. Sachkou , C. Baker , W. P. Bowen

Supersolidity -- a quantum-mechanical phenomenon characterized by the presence of both superfluidity and crystalline order -- was initially envisioned in the context of bulk solid helium, as a possible answer to the question of whether a…

The modern theory of Bose-Einstein condensation, superfluidity, and superconductivity is reviewed. The thermodynamic principle for superfluid flow and the equation of motion for condensed bosons are given. Computer simulations of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-11-13 Phil Attard

Superconductivity (SC) or superfluidity (SF) is observed across a remarkably broad range of fermionic systems: in BCS, cuprate, iron-based, organic, and heavy-fermion superconductors, and superfluid helium-3 in condensed matter; in a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-08-18 Mike Guidry , Yang Sun

Superfluidity and superconductivity have been studied widely since the last century in many different contexts ranging from nuclear matter to atomic quantum gases. The rigidity of these systems with respect to external perturbations results…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-05-05 A. Paris-Mandoki , J. Shearring , F. Mancarella , T. M. Fromhold , A. Trombettoni , P. Krüger

A theory accounting for the dynamical aspects of the superfluid response of one dimensional (1D) quantum fluids is reported. In long 1D systems the onset of superfluidity is related to the dynamical suppression of quantum phase slips at low…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-02-13 Thomas Eggel , Miguel A. Cazalilla , Masaki Oshikawa

This article reviews recent developments in quantum fluid dynamics and quantum turbulence (QT) for superfluid helium and atomic Bose-Einstein condensates. Quantum turbulence was discovered in superfluid $^4$He in the 1950s, but the field…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 Makoto Tsubota

New, superfluid specific additive integral of motion is found. This facilitates investigation of general thermodynamic equilibrium conditions for superfluid. The analysis is performed in an extended space of thermodynamic variables…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 A. F. Andreev , L. A. Melnikovsky

Landau was the first to advance hydrodynamic concepts such as density and velocity to describe the superfluidity of liquid He$^4$. Due to the recent spectacular success of experiments demonstrating Bose Einstein condensation in dilute Bose…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2017-08-29 D. D. H. Yee , Richard Myers

Matter at low temperatures exhibits unusual properties such as superfluidity, superconductivity, Bose-Einstein condensation, and supersolidity. These states display quantum mechanical behaviours at scales much larger than atomic dimensions.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gregory P. Bewley , Daniel P. Lathrop , Katepalli R. Sreenivasan

The paper deals with the study of superfluidity by a Ginzburg-Landau model that investigates the material by a second order phase transition, in which any particle has simultaneouly a normal and superfluid motion. This pattern is able to…

Superconductivity · Physics 2008-06-02 Mauro Fabrizio

Within the inherent structure (IS) thermodynamic formalism introduced by Stillinger and Weber [F. H. Stillinger and T. A. Weber, Phys. Rev. A {\bf 25}, 978 (1982)] we address the basic question of the physics of the liquid-liquid transition…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-08-31 Francesco Sciortino , Emilia La Nave , Piero Tartaglia

We consider the phenomenon of Bose-Einstein condensation of quasi-equilibrium magnons which leads to a spin superfluidity, the coherent quantum transfer of magnetization in magnetic materials. These phenomena are beyond the classical…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2017-12-13 Yury M. Bunkov , Vladimir L. Safonov

The term quantum turbulence denotes the turbulent motion of quantum fluids, systems such as superfluid helium and atomic Bose-Einstein condensates which are characterized by quantized vorticity, uperfluidity and, at finite temperatures,…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-06-19 Carlo F. Barenghi , Ladislav Skrbek , Katepalli R. Sreenivasan

Superfluidity, the ability of a fluid to move without dissipation, is one of the most spectacular manifestations of the quantum nature of matter. We explore here the possibility of superfluid motion of light. Controlling the speed of a…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2011-07-04 Patricio Leboeuf , Simon Moulieras

Despite of remarkable successes the theory of superfluidity, until now we have no a physical explanation of an opportunity of existence of viscousless flow of liquid helium in viscous medium. The existence of superfluid flow becomes…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Yu. L. Klimontovich

Electrons/atoms can flow without dissipation at low temperature in superconductors/superfluids. The phenomenon known as superconductivity/superfluidity is one of the most important discoveries of modern physics, and is not only…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-11-22 Junren Shi , Zhengqian Cheng

I present here a microscopic theory for the superfluidity of $^4$He (He II) derived from experiments, and answer its essential questions. With a "momenton" model, the superfluid is shown to feature as a "harmonic superfluid". In which a new…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 J. X. Zheng-Johansson