Vortex dynamics of superfluid helium films on spherical surfaces

Journal Article · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986 · Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.33.599· OSTI ID:6174408

Wang, C; Yu, L

The vortex dynamics of helium films based on the Kosterlitz-Thouless theory of superfluid phase transition is generalized to the case of spherical surface and is applied to reinterpret the torsional oscillator experiments on Vycor glass by D. J. Bishop et al. (Phys. Rev. B 24, 5047 (1981)).

• Research Organization: Physics Department, Tsinhua University, Beijing, China
• OSTI ID: 6174408
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States) Vol. 33:1; ISSN PRBMD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

640450* -- Fluid Physics-- Superfluidity
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
CONFIGURATION
DYNAMICS
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
FILMS
FLUIDS
HELIUM 4
HELIUM II
HELIUM ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MECHANICS
NUCLEI
OSCILLATIONS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
QUANTUM FLUIDS
SPHERICAL CONFIGURATION
STABLE ISOTOPES
SUPERFLUIDITY
SURFACES
TORSION
VORTICES