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Coflow turbulence of superfluid ${}^4$He in a square channel: Vortices trapped on a cylindrical attractor (1602.08252v2)

Published 26 Feb 2016 in cond-mat.other

Abstract: We perform a numerical simulation of the dynamics of quantized vortices produced by coflow in a square channel using the vortex filament model. Unlike the situation in thermal counterflow, where the superfluid velocity $v_{\rm s}$ and normal-fluid velocity $v_{\rm n}$ flow in opposite directions, in coflow, $v_{\rm s}$ and $v_{\rm n}$ flow in the same direction. Quantum turbulence in thermal counterflow has been long studied theoretically and experimentally, and its various features have been revealed.In recent years, an experiment on quantum turbulence in coflow has been performed to observe different features of thermal counterflow. By supposing that $v_{\rm s}$ is uniform and $v_{\rm n}$ takes the Hagen-Poiseuille profile, which is different from the experiment where $v_{\rm n}$ is thought to be turbulent, we calculate the coflow turbulence. Vortices preferentially accumulate on the surface of a cylinder for $v_{\rm s} \simeq v_{\rm n}$ by mutual friction; namely, the coflow turbulence has an attractor. How strongly the vortices are attracted depends on the temperature and velocity. The length of the vortices increases as the vortices protruding from the cylindrical attractor continue to wrap around it. As the vortices become dense on the attractor, they spread toward its interior by their repulsive interaction. Then, the superfluid velocity profile induced by the vortices gradually mimics the normal-fluid velocity profile. This is an indication of velocity matching, which is an important feature of coflow turbulence.

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