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Anomalous decay of turbulence in superfluid sup 4 He

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters; (USA)
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  1. IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598 (US)
The free decay of the quantized vortex tangle in a channel is observed to occur in two distinct stages, an initial rapid decay in agreement with current theory, followed by a regime of anomalously slow decay. It is argued that the second stage represents a state of coupled turbulence involving not only the quantized vortex tangle, but also macroscopic random motion of the normal and superfluid fields.
OSTI ID:
5621987
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters; (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; (USA) Vol. 66:14; ISSN PRLTA; ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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