• Title of article

    Is the Reynolds number infinite in superfluid turbulence?

  • Author/Authors

    Barenghi، نويسنده , , Carlo F.، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
  • Pages
    8
  • From page
    2195
  • To page
    2202
  • Abstract
    Superfluidity, the hallmark property of quantum fluids (e.g. liquid helium, atomic Bose–Einstein condensates, neutron stars), is characterised by the absence of viscosity. At temperatures which are low enough that thermal excitations can be neglected, liquid helium can be considered a perfect superfluid, and one would expect that superfluid turbulence were dissipationless because the Reynolds number is infinite. On the contrary, experiments show that helium turbulence decays, even at these low temperatures. The solution of this apparent puzzle lies in subtle but crucial differences between a superfluid and a classical Euler fluid.
  • Keywords
    EULER , Superfluid helium , Turbulence , Vortices
  • Journal title
    Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena
  • Serial Year
    2008
  • Journal title
    Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena
  • Record number

    1726611