BEC FLOW · Instability of superfluid flow in dilute Bose-Einstein condensates
6РП — Действия „Мария Кюри“
- Период
- 2004-09-01 → 2006-08-31
- Финансиране от ЕС
- 159 353 €
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Накратко на български
Квантовите флуктуации в свръхтечните кондензати на Бозе-Айнщайн създават сила на съпротивление, която влияе върху стабилността на потока. Това помага за разбирането на поведението на свръхтечностите и подобрява проектирането на устройства като атомните лазери.
Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.
Резултати накратко
Final Activity Report Summary - BEC FLOW (Instability of superfluid flow in dilute Bose-Einstein condensates)
We have demonstrated the existence of a drag force due to quantum fluctuations in a superfluid. This has many important consequences. In particular, it brings us a step closer towards developing a feasible theory to explain observed instability in superfluids, an issue that scientists have been wrestling with since the 1940s. Showing that quantum fluctuations have such a drag effect also has direct bearing on the conception and design of applications, such as the atom laser, where precision in predicting superfluid behaviour is vital. We also explored the mixtures of superfluids, which current experiments are beginning to explore.
Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз
Цел на проекта
We propose to investigate the instability of superfluid flow in a dilute Bose-Einstein condensate with repulsive interactions. Landau proposed that the primary mechanism for superfluid flow instability is the excitation of quasiparticles.While this is t he traditionally accepted explanation, the critical velocity, i.e. the velocity at which the superfluid flow becomes unstable, that Landau predicted based on quasiparticle excitation is generally known to be significantly higher than the experimentally ascertained critical velocity. Preliminary calculations show that using the breakdown of thermodynamic equilibrium as the primary mechanism for instability leads to a theorized critical velocity that is much lower than the Landau critical velocity.We thus plan to tackle the problem of superfluid flow instability by developing a kinetic theory consistent with the new critical velocity arising from the breakdown of the thermodynamic equilibrium, using this kinetic theory to develop a new two-fluid model, numerically simulating this model, and working closely with experimenters to verify our results.
Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).
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- CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE · PARISКоординаторФранция
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Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз