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arXiv:1209.3210 · Physical Review E

Kelvin-wave cascade and dissipation in low-temperature superfluid vortices

Giorgio Krstulovic

Published Nov 9, 2012• 51 citations
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Abstract

We study the statistical properties of the Kelvin waves propagating along quantized superfluid vortices driven by the Gross-Pitaevskii equation. No artificial forcing or dissipation is added. Vortex positions are accurately tracked. This procedure directly allows us to obtain the Kevin-wave occupation-number spectrum. Numerical data obtained from long time integration and ensemble average over initial conditions support the spectrum proposed in L'vov and Nazarenko [JETP Lett. 91, 428 (2010)]. Kelvin-wave modes in the inertial range are found to be Gaussian as expected by weak-turbulence predictions. Finally the dissipative range of the Kelvin-wave spectrum is studied. Strong non-Gaussian fluctuations are observed in this range.

DOI
10.1103/physreve.86.055301

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