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Classical Turbulence Found in Quantum Fluid

David Ehrenstein

Published Feb 25, 2025• 0 citations
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Abstract

Researchers showed that a turbulent Bose-Einstein condensate exhibits the signs of classical turbulence, hinting at possible similarities between classical and quantum fluids.
DOI
10.1103/physics.18.s31

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