Open AccessVORTEX DYNAMICS OF SUPERFLUID HELIUM FILMS ON SPHERICAL SURFACES
Author(s) -
Wang Cheng-Tai,
Yü Lu
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.35.66
Subject(s) - superfluidity , vortex , quantum vortex , physics , superfluid helium 4 , dynamics (music) , helium , condensed matter physics , superfluid film , helium 4 , isotopes of helium , phase transition , phase (matter) , quantum mechanics , mechanics , acoustics
The vortex dynamics of superfluid helium filns at the Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition is generalized to the case of spherical surfaces and is applied to interpret the torsional oscillator experiments of Bishop et al. on Vycor glass.