Superfluid spirals: Scientists control Kelvin waves for first time
In a new study published in Nature Physics, researchers have developed the first controlled method for exciting and observing ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN1 天
Scientists catch spirals of Kelvin waves in superfluid helium for the first time
Kelvin waves have been a mystery for decades but a new method involving superfluid helium-4 can help us control them.
ScienceAlert on MSN10 个月
First-of-Its-Kind 'Quantum Tornado' Achieves Record-Breaking Black Hole Mimicry
Švančara and his colleagues, however, wanted to take this a step further – with superfluid helium. This is an isotope of ...
Nanowerk10 个月
Quantum Fluids: Exploring the Exotic World of Superfluidity and Superconductivity
This phenomenon occurs in certain quantum fluids, such as liquid helium-4 below a critical temperature of 2.17 K (-270.98 °C). In the superfluid state, the fluid can flow through narrow channels ...
Scientific American3 年
Quantized Vortex Rings in Superfluid Helium
This article was originally published with the title “ Quantized Vortex Rings in Superfluid Helium ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 211 No. 6 (December 1964), p. 116 doi:10.1038 ...
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ODIN device to allow scientists to detect low-mass dark matter using superfluid helium
ODIN combines the principles of opto-mechanics with the properties of superfluid helium. While the former is the science of making optical devices, the latter is a unique phase of helium that ...
IEEE1 年
T. C. P. Chui
He participated in two successful flight experiments, the Lambda Point Experiment and the Confined Helium Experiment, to study the properties of helium very near the superfluid transition of 4He.