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Kolmogorov and Kelvin-wave cascades of superfluid turbulence at T=0: What lies between
Physics Review B
  • E Kozik, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • Boris Svistunov, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Publication Date
2008
Abstract

As long as vorticity quantization remains irrelevant for long-wave physics, superfluid turbulence supports a regime macroscopically identical to the Kolmogorov cascade of a normal liquid. At high enough wave numbers, the energy flux in wavelength space is carried by individual Kelvin-wave cascades on separate vortex lines. We analyze the transformation of the Kolmogorov cascade into the Kelvin-wave cascade, revealing a chain of three distinct intermediate cascades supported by local-induction motion of the vortex lines and distinguished by specific reconnection mechanisms. The most prominent qualitative feature predicted is unavoidable production of vortex rings of a characteristic size.

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This is the pre-published version harvested from ArXiv. The published version is located at http://prb.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v77/i6/e060502
Citation Information
E Kozik and Boris Svistunov. "Kolmogorov and Kelvin-wave cascades of superfluid turbulence at T=0: What lies between" Physics Review B Vol. 77 Iss. 6 (2008)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/boris_svistunov/29/