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Fluctuations and Correlations of Pure Quantum Turbulence in Superfluid 3He-B
D I Bradley1, S N Fisher, A M Guénault
1Department of Physics, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YB, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
We describe the first measurements of line-density fluctuations and spatial correlations of quantum turbulence in superfluid 3He-B. All of the measurements are performed in the low-temperature regime, where the normal-fluid density is negligible. The quantum turbulence is generated by a vibrating grid. The vortex-line density is found to have large length-scale correlations, indicating large-scale collective motion of vortices. Furthermore, we find that the power spectrum of fluctuations versus frequency obeys a -5/3 power law which verifies recent speculations that this behavior is a generic feature of fully developed quantum turbulence, reminiscent of the Kolmogorov spectrum for velocity fluctuations in classical turbulence.
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