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On Geometric Methods in the Description of Quantum Fluids

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Some geometric ideas concerning the description of superfluid helium are presented. Results of application of knot theory to dense systems of quantum vortices are shown. Suggestions concerning applications of Kähler geometry in the description of superfluid helium by means of coadjont orbits of volume preserving diffemorphism groups are made.

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  1. Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Świȩtokrzyska 21, 00-049, Warsaw, Poland

    Robert Owczarek

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  1. Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

    J.-P. Antoine

  2. Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

    S. Twareque Ali

  3. Warsaw University, Białystok, Poland

    W. Lisiecki  & A. Odzijewicz  & 

  4. Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

    I. M. Mladenov

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Owczarek, R. (1995). On Geometric Methods in the Description of Quantum Fluids. In: Antoine, JP., Ali, S.T., Lisiecki, W., Mladenov, I.M., Odzijewicz, A. (eds) Quantization, Coherent States, and Complex Structures. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1060-8_30

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