Physics – Condensed Matter – Other Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2007-04-02
Physics
Condensed Matter
Other Condensed Matter
17 pages, 2 figures. Book chapter to appear in "Emergent Nonlinear Phenomena in Bose-Einstein condensates: Theory and Experime
Scientific paper
Vortices are pervasive in nature, representing the breakdown of laminar fluid flow and hence playing a key role in turbulence. The fluid rotation associated with a vortex can be parameterized by the circulation $\Gamma=\oint {\rm d}{\bf r}\cdot{\bf v}({\bf r})$ about the vortex, where ${\bf v}({\bf r})$ is the fluid velocity field. While classical vortices can take any value of circulation, superfluids are irrotational, and any rotation or angular momentum is constrained to occur through vortices with quantized circulation. Quantized vortices also play a key role in the dissipation of transport in superfluids. In BECs quantized vortices have been observed in several forms, including single vortices, vortex lattices, and vortex pairs and rings. The recent observation of quantized vortices in a fermionic gas was taken as a clear signature of the underlying condensation and superfluidity of fermion pairs. In addition to BECs, quantized vortices also occur in superfluid Helium, nonlinear optics, and type-II superconductors.
Adams Charles S.
Jackson Bailey
Martin Andrew M.
Parker N. G.
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