Visualization of quantized vortices

Gregory P. Bewley, Daniel P. Lathrop () and Katepalli R. Sreenivasan
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Gregory P. Bewley: Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics, Institute for Physical Sciences and Technology, University of Maryland
Daniel P. Lathrop: Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics, Institute for Physical Sciences and Technology, University of Maryland
Katepalli R. Sreenivasan: Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics, Institute for Physical Sciences and Technology, University of Maryland

Nature, 2006, vol. 441, issue 7093, 588-588

Abstract: Abstract When liquid helium is cooled to below its phase transition at 2.172 K, vortices appear with cores that are only ångströms in diameter, about which the fluid circulates with quantized angular momentum1. Here we generate small particles of solid hydrogen that can be used to image the cores of quantized vortices in their three-dimensional environment of liquid helium. This technique enables the geometry and interactions of these vortices to be observed directly.

Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1038/441588a

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