The oscillation and sound result directly from the interference of two
superfluid quantum systems that are «linked» in the doughnut - shaped container.
Not exact matches
«Unveiling the
quantum necklace: Researchers simulate
quantum necklace - like structures in
superfluids.»
Since this whirling BEC
superfluid is operating at a
quantum scale, where tiny distances and low temperatures reign, the physical characteristics of its rotation are not those seen in the classical world.
«Now we are able to study this form of matter in a new way that allows us to see how
quantum mechanics manifests itself in the motion of an isolated
superfluid,» Gessner said.
If conditions are right, these neutrons ought to be able to pair up to form a
superfluid — a substance with
quantum properties that mean it flows with zero friction.
The roots of the supersolid controversy go back to 1969, when Russian physicists predicted a state of solid matter in which gaps, or vacancies, in a crystal structure could move together as a single
quantum wave — a collective motion reminiscent of the frictionless flow of a
superfluid.
But unlike other
quantum stuff,
superfluid helium's weird behavior is visible to the naked eye.
All bulk liquid
superfluids are caused by Bose - Einstein condensation, which is the
quantum process whereby a large number of particles all enter the same
quantum state.
The team first discovered the
quantum whistle in 1997, when they pushed
superfluid helium - 3 through a single perforated membrane.
Span a wide range of
quantum matter systems, including superconductors,
superfluids, supersolids, electronic liquid crystals, topological insulators superconductors &
superfluids, heavy fermions, and spin liquids.
Superfluids don't exist in the everyday world — it's too warm for the necessary
quantum effects to hold sway.