Phenomenology of quantum turbulence in superfluid helium

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 118; no. 16; pp. 1 - 10
• Main Authors: Skrbek, Ladislav, Schmoranzer, David, Midlik, Šimon, Sreenivasan, Katepalli R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Academy of Sciences 20.04.2021
• Subjects: Computational fluid dynamics; Fluid flow; Helium; Incompressible flow; Liquid helium; Low temperature; PERSPECTIVE; Phenomenology; Physical properties; Physical Sciences; Quantum turbulence; Superfluidity; Temperature; Turbulence; Viscous fluids; pure superfluid state; two-fluid state; Vinen and Kolmogorov turbulence; quantum turbulence

Quantum turbulence—the stochastic motion of quantum fluids such as ⁴He and ³He-B, which display pure superfluidity at zero temperature and two-fluid behavior at finite but low temperatures—has been a subject of intense experimental, theoretical, and numerical studies over the last half a century. Ye...