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Visualization of quantized vortices

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  • Gregory P. Bewley

    (Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics, Institute for Physical Sciences and Technology, University of Maryland
    Yale University)

  • Daniel P. Lathrop

    (Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics, Institute for Physical Sciences and Technology, University of Maryland)

  • Katepalli R. Sreenivasan

    (Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics, Institute for Physical Sciences and Technology, University of Maryland
    International Centre for Theoretical Physics)

Abstract

When liquid helium is cooled to below its phase transition at 2.172 K, vortices appear with cores that are only ångströms in diameter, about which the fluid circulates with quantized angular momentum1. Here we generate small particles of solid hydrogen that can be used to image the cores of quantized vortices in their three-dimensional environment of liquid helium. This technique enables the geometry and interactions of these vortices to be observed directly.

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  • Gregory P. Bewley & Daniel P. Lathrop & Katepalli R. Sreenivasan, 2006. "Visualization of quantized vortices," Nature, Nature, vol. 441(7093), pages 588-588, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:441:y:2006:i:7093:d:10.1038_441588a
    DOI: 10.1038/441588a
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    1. Juan Ignacio Polanco & Nicolás P. Müller & Giorgio Krstulovic, 2021. "Vortex clustering, polarisation and circulation intermittency in classical and quantum turbulence," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-11, December.

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