2009/05/29 by C. F. Barenghi, Barenghi, C. F., Y. A. Sergeev +1
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other) #cond-mat.other
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0905.4797
14 pages, 5 figures
arxiv created 2009/05/29 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
Recent experiments on quantum turbulence in superfluid helium made use of small tracer particles to track the motion of quantized vortices, determine velocity statistics and visualize vortex reconnections. A problem with this visualization technique is that it may change the turbulent flow which it visualizes. To address this problem, we derive and solve the equations of motion of a quantized vortex ring which contains a given number of particles trapped on the vortex core, hence derive a quantitative criterion to determine in which measure small particles trapped in quantized vortices affect vortex motion. Finally we apply the criterion to a recent experiment.