在量子气体中出现流
Nir Navon1, Alexander L Gaunt1, Robert P Smith1
1Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J. J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK.
Nature
|November 4, 2016
概括
研究人员观察到量子流体中的流, 这为研究流提供了一个新的系统,从量子效应到经典动力学.
科学领域:
- 量子物理学
- 流体动力学
- 统计力学
背景情况:
- 动荡的特点是跨越长度尺度的能量布,这是科尔莫戈罗夫和奥布霍夫介绍的概念.
- 由于多个尺度的相互作用,观察和模拟流具有挑战性.
- 之前对流的观察涵盖了诸如等离子体,海洋和金融市场等多种系统.
研究的目的:
- 在控制的量子流体中实验观察流的出现.
- 研究波斯气体对外部驱动力的非线性反应.
- 建立波斯气体作为研究流的模型系统.
主要方法:
- 在光学盒中制备波斯-爱因斯坦凝聚物.
- 驱动系统的平衡与一个周期性的力量在很长的尺度.
- 对系统的非线性反应和动量空间分布的观察.
- 使用Gross-Pitaevskii方程进行数值建模.
主要成果:
- 在波斯气体中形成流的观察.
- 在动量空间中以同位素功率定律分布对布的描述.
- 在实验测量和数值模拟之间非常一致.
结论:
- 统一的Bose气体作为一种新且有前途的流研究平台.
- 这种系统可以研究量子流及其与经典流的关系.
- 它有助于研究乱现象中的量子与经典效应.
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