SlowQuenches Produce Fuzzy, Transient Vortices
- 7 February 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 84 (6) , 1248-1251
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.84.1248
Abstract
We examine the Zurek scenario for the production of vortices in quenches of liquid in the light of recent experiments. Extending our previous results to later times, we argue that short wavelength thermal fluctuations make vortices poorly defined until after the transition has occurred. Further, if and when vortices appear, it is plausible that they will decay faster than anticipated from turbulence experiments, irrespective of quench rates.
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