Abrupt Transition between Three-Dimensional and Two-Dimensional Quantum Turbulence

We present numerical evidence of a critical-like transition in an out-of-equilibrium mean-field description of a quantum system. By numerically solving the Gross-Pitaevskii equation we show that quantum turbulence displays an abrupt change between three-dimensional (3D) and two-dimensional (2D) beha...

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Autores: Müller, Nicolás P., Brachet, Marc Etienne, Alexakis, Alexandros, Mininni, Pablo Daniel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/146164
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/146164
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:BEC
SUPERFLUIDS
QUANTUM TURBULENCE
QUANTIZED VORTICES
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
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Sumario:We present numerical evidence of a critical-like transition in an out-of-equilibrium mean-field description of a quantum system. By numerically solving the Gross-Pitaevskii equation we show that quantum turbulence displays an abrupt change between three-dimensional (3D) and two-dimensional (2D) behavior. The transition is observed both in quasi-2D flows in cubic domains (controlled by the amplitude of a 3D perturbation to the flow), as well as in flows in thin domains (controlled by the domain aspect ratio) in a configuration that mimics systems realized in laboratory experiments. In one regime the system displays a transfer of the energy towards smaller scales, while in the other the system displays a transfer of the energy towards larger scales and a coherent self-organization of the quantized vortices.