Physics – Condensed Matter – Other Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2008-01-17
Physics
Condensed Matter
Other Condensed Matter
Invited submission to the special issue on Vortex Rings, Journal of Fluid Dynamics Research
Scientific paper
Vortices and axisymmetric vortex rings are considered in the framework of the subcritical nonlinear Schrodinger equations. The higher order nonlinearity present in such systems models many-body interactions in superfluid systems and allows one to study the effects of negative pressure on vortex dynamics. We find the critical pressure for which the straight-line vortex becomes unstable to radial expansion of the core. The energy of the straight-line vortices and energy, impulse and velocity of vortex rings are calculated. The effect of a varying pressure on the vortex core is studied. It is shown that under the action of the periodically varying pressure field a vortex ring may split into many vortex rings and the conditions for which this happens are elucidated. These processes are also relevant to experiments in Bose-Einstein condensates where the strength and the sign of two-body interactions can be changed via Feshbach resonance.
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