All articles tagged with #vortices
Physicists at UBC have created an analog of the Schwinger effect using superfluid helium films to generate vortex pairs, providing insights into quantum tunneling and cosmic phenomena, while also advancing understanding of superfluid physics and vortex behavior.
Physicists at UBC have modeled a quantum tunneling effect in a 2D superfluid helium system, providing insights into cosmic phenomena and challenging previous assumptions about vortex mass variability, with potential implications for understanding the early universe and quantum field theory.
New theoretical research suggests that the universe's large-scale structure may be influenced by microscopic vortexes in ultralight dark matter, which behave like a superfluid and could connect galaxies through cosmic filaments, potentially impacting our understanding of galaxy formation and distribution.
Physicist Francesca Ferlaino's team at the University of Innsbruck has captured images of quantized vortices in a supersolid, a state of matter that combines properties of solids and superfluids. This discovery could inform the development of room-temperature superconductors, enhancing the scalability and accessibility of quantum technology. Supersolids may also provide insights into the interiors of neutron stars and improve the stability and efficiency of quantum devices by reducing the need for ultra-low temperatures.
Scientists have achieved a breakthrough in quantum physics by observing quantized vortices in supersolids, a state of matter that exhibits both solid and superfluid properties. This discovery, made by rotating a supersolid, provides new insights into the coexistence of these characteristics and has potential implications for understanding exotic quantum matter and astrophysical phenomena, such as neutron stars. The research, published in Nature, marks a significant advancement in the study of modulated quantum matter.
Physicists at the University of Innsbruck have successfully imaged quantum vortices in a supersolid, confirming the existence of this paradoxical phase of matter that combines properties of both solids and superfluids. This discovery, published in Nature, provides crucial evidence for supersolids, which may also exist in the interiors of neutron stars. The research could help explain phenomena in extreme cosmic environments, such as pulsar glitches, and advance understanding of exotic phases of matter like high-temperature superconductors.
NASA's Juno spacecraft captured an image of a green lightning bolt inside a swirling vortex on Jupiter during its 31st close flyby of the gas giant on December 30, 2020. Scientists are still trying to understand many facets of Jupiter, including its massive storms and how lightning and lightning-like events occur on the gas giant. Juno's ongoing investigation will help scientists gain a greater understanding of the largest planet in the solar system and its distinctive features.