Quantized Vortices in Superfluids and Superconductors

Details Quantized Vortices in Superfluids and Superconductors Quantized Vortices in Superfluids and Superconductors

1997-09-10

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9709127v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

8 pages, 1 figure, RevTeX

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We give a general review of recent developments in the theory of vortices in superfluids and superconductors, discussing why the dynamics of vortices is important, and why some key results are still controversial. We discuss work that we have done on the dynamics of quantized vortices in a superfluid. Despite the fact that this problem has been recognized as important for forty years, there is still a lot of controversy about the forces on and masses of quantized vortices. We think that one can get unambiguous answers by considering a broken symmetry state that consists of one vortex in an infinite ideal system. We argue for a Magnus force that is proportional to the superfluid density, and we find that the effective mass density of a vortex in a neutral superfluid is divergent at low frequencies. We have generalized some of the results for a neutral superfluid to a charged system.

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