GALCIT Special Seminar
Guggenheim 202
Decay of finite temperature superfluid helium-4 turbulence
Demosthenes Kivotides,
Dr.,
Chemical and Process Engineering,
University of Strathclyde,
Starting from the microscopic physics of Bose-Einstein Condensation in Helium-4, I move to the mesoscopic range of scales and discuss a model of finite-temperature superfluid dynamics that I have recently proposed.
By solving the equations of this model for the case of superfluid turbulence decay, I show that it agrees with the existing experimental data, but also indicates that the energetics of helium-II turbulence decay were not previously understood correctly.
I discuss the new physics of turbulence decay as predicted by the new set of equations.
For more information, please contact Dimity Nelson by email at [email protected].
Event Series
Aerospace Engineering Seminar Series