Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2006-06-23
Rept.Prog.Phys.69:3157-3230,2006
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
81 pages, 33 figures, review submitted to Rep. Prog. Phys., IOP style
Scientific paper
10.1088/0034-4885/69/12/R03
Rapid new developments have occurred in superfluid hydrodynamics since the discovery of a host of unusual phenomena which arise from the diverse structure and dynamics of quantized vortices in 3He superfluids. These have been studied in rotating flow with NMR measurements which at best provide an accurate mapping of the different types of topological defects in the superfluid order parameter field. Four observations are reviewed here: (1) the interplay of different vortex structures at the first order interface between the two major superfluid 3He phases, 3He-A and 3He-B; (2) the shear flow instability of this phase boundary, which is now known as the superfluid Kelvin-Helmholtz instability; (3) the hydrodynamic transition from turbulent to regular vortex dynamics as a function of increasing dissipation in vortex motion; and (4) the peculiar propagation of vortex lines in a long rotating column which even in the turbulent regime occurs in the form of a helically twisted vortex state behind a well-developed vortex front. The consequences and implications of these observations are discussed, as inferred from measurements, numerical calculations, and analytical work.
Eltsov V. B.
Finne A. P.
Hänninen R.
Kopnin N. B.
Kopu Juha
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