Vortex Mass in a Superfluid
Quantum Gases
2018-02-14 v2
Abstract
We consider the inertial mass of a vortex in a superfluid. We obtain a vortex mass that is well defined and is determined microscopically and self-consistently by the elementary excitation energy of the kelvon quasiparticle localised within the vortex core. The obtained result for the vortex mass is found to be consistent with experimental observations on superfluid quantum gases and vortex rings in water. We propose a method to measure the inertial rest mass and Berry phase of a vortex in superfluid Bose and Fermi gases.
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@article{arxiv.1704.08410,
title = {Vortex Mass in a Superfluid},
author = {Tapio Simula},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.08410},
year = {2018}
}
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12 pages, 1 figure