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Description
Fundamental to, and unresolved in the field of atom optics are questions addressing the superfluid properties of Bose Einstein condensates. Superfluidity is intimately related to the existence and properties of quantised vortices. The questions we pose and will answer are: Do quantized vortices exist in dilute alkali quantum fluids and how do they move? Are they unstable or metastable? Is there a critical velocity? Can they be produced thermally? What exactly is the connection between vortex formation and superfluidity in these systems? These are cutting edge questions in one of the most important fields in physics.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 1/01/00 → 31/12/04 |
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