The Use of Second Sound in Investigations of Quantum Turbulence in He II

Starting from a historic perspective, we discuss the use of second sound in experimental investigations of quantized vorticity and quantum turbulence in the two-fluid temperature regime of superfluid 4 He. Starting with the theoretical prediction of second sound by Tisza and Landau and its experimen...

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Published inJournal of low temperature physics Vol. 197; no. 3-4; pp. 130 - 148
Main Authors Varga, E., Jackson, M. J., Schmoranzer, D., Skrbek, L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.11.2019
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Fluid dynamics
Fluid flow
Fluids
Low temperature physics
Magnetic Materials
Magnetism
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Quantum turbulence
Sound
Superfluidity
Vorticity
Second sound
Quantum turbulence
He
Superfluid
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Summary:Starting from a historic perspective, we discuss the use of second sound in experimental investigations of quantized vorticity and quantum turbulence in the two-fluid temperature regime of superfluid 4 He. Starting with the theoretical prediction of second sound by Tisza and Landau and its experimental discovery by Peshkov, we briefly review the pioneering experiments of Hall, Vinen and others that have contributed in an essential way to our current understanding of quantum turbulence in superfluid 4 He, with an emphasis on relevant research performed over the last two decades in our laboratory in Prague. We then propose further dedicated experiments where second sound can be used both as a generator and detector of quantum turbulence.
ISSN:0022-2291
1573-7357
DOI:10.1007/s10909-019-02208-4