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arXiv:cond-mat/0208327 · Physical Review Letters

Evaporation of a Packet of Quantized Vorticity

Carlo F. Barenghi, David C. Samuels

Published Sep 24, 2002• 45 citations
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Abstract

We study the diffusion of a packet of quantized vorticity initially confined inside a small region. We find that reconnections fragment the packet into a gas of small vortex loops which fly away. The time scale of the process is in order-of-magnitude agreement with recent experiments performed in $^{\mathrm{3}}\mathrm{H}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{\text{\ensuremath{-}}}B$.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.89.155302

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