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
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