Dissipative dynamics of superfluid vortices at nonzero temperatures.

نویسندگان

  • Natalia G Berloff
  • Anthony J Youd
چکیده

We consider the evolution and dissipation of vortex rings in a condensate at nonzero temperatures in the context of the classical field approximation, based on the defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation. The temperature in such a system is fully determined by the total number density and the number density of the condensate. The collisions with noncondensed particles reduce the radius of a vortex ring until it completely disappears. We obtain a universal decay law for a vortex line length and relate it to mutual friction coefficients in the fundamental equation of vortex motion in superfluids.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Physical review letters

دوره 99 14  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007