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Gravitational vortex mass in a superfluid

Quantum Gases 2020-07-01 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory Fluid Dynamics

Abstract

We consider superfluid hydrodynamics of two-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensates. Interpreting the curvature of the macroscopic condensate wavefunction as an effective gravity in such a superfluid universe, we argue for a superfluid equivalence principle---that the gravitational mass of a quantised vortex should be equal to the inertial vortex mass. In this model, gravity and electromagnetism have the same origin and are emergent properties of the superfluid universe, which itself emerges from the underlying collective structure of more elementary particles, such as atoms. The Bose-Einstein condensate is identified as the elusive dark matter of the superfluid universe with vortices and phonons, respectively, corresponding to massive charged particles and massless photons. Implications of this cosmological picture of superfluids to the physics of dense vortex matter are considered.

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@article{arxiv.2001.03302,
  title  = {Gravitational vortex mass in a superfluid},
  author = {Tapio Simula},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.03302},
  year   = {2020}
}

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