
Article
Characteristics of Two-Dimensional Quantum Turbulence in a Compressible Superfluid
Physical Review Letters
(2012)
Abstract
Under suitable forcing a fluid exhibits turbulence, with characteristics strongly aected by the fluid’s confining geometry. Here we study two-dimensional quantum turbulence in a highly oblate Bose-Einstein condensate in an annular trap. As a compressible quantum fluid, this system aords a rich phenomenology, allowing coupling between vortex and acoustic energy. Small-scale stirring generates an experimentally observed disordered vortex distribution that evolves into large-scale flow in the form of a persistent current. Numerical simulation of the experiment reveals additional characteristics of two-dimensional quantum turbulence: spontaneous clustering of same-circulation vortices, and an incompressible energy spectrum with k5=3 dependence for low wavenumbers k and k3 dependence for high k.
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Publication Date
2012
Citation Information
T. W. Neely, A. S. Bradley, E. C. Samson, S. J. Rooney, et al.. "Characteristics of Two-Dimensional Quantum Turbulence in a Compressible Superfluid" Physical Review Letters (2012) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/panos_kevrekidis/212/