Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards Section A Physics and Chemistry

Vortex motions in ideal Bose superfluid

Martin J. Cooper

Published May 1, 1969• 4 citations

Abstract

A gene ra l nonlin ea r fi e ld eq u ation is d e ri ved for th e ma c roscopic ord e r parame te r of an id eal cohe re nt Bose gas.It is s hown th a t thi s non int e racti ng sys te m c an su ppo rt s table quantized vortexlike motion s within th e s uperftui d phase.It is s ugges te d th at thi s co he re nt phase of th e id ea l Bose gas describes th e dominant physi ca l feature s of rea l superft uid liquid he lium.Key wo rd s : Cohe re nt Bose gas; s up erftuid ; vort ices.

DOI: 10.6028/jres.073a.026

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