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The Experimental Evidence for Vortex Nucleation in 4He

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Quantized Vortex Dynamics and Superfluid Turbulence

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This update on the problem of vortex nucleation in superflows through micro-apertures follows the recent reviews of the subject by Zimmermann [1] and one of the authors [2]. Recent developments of the model of vortex nucleation involving a vortex half-ring are assessed with an emphasis on the statistical properties of the critical velocity transition. The occurrence of collapses and multiple slips is then discussed in relation with the problem of vortex nucleation.

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  1. Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, CNRS-Université Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 510, F-91405, Orsay Cedex, France

    Éric Varoquaux

  2. Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique, Service de Physique de l’État Condensé, Centre de Saclay, Bâtiment 772, F-91191, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France

    Olivier Avenel & Yury Mukharsky

  3. Low Temperature Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, 02150, Espoo, Finland

    Pertti Hakonen

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    C. F. Barenghi

  2. Physics Department, University of Oregon, 97403, Eugene, OR, USA

    R. J. Donnelly

  3. Physics Department, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK

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Varoquaux, É., Avenel, O., Mukharsky, Y., Hakonen, P. (2001). The Experimental Evidence for Vortex Nucleation in 4He. In: Barenghi, C.F., Donnelly, R.J., Vinen, W.F. (eds) Quantized Vortex Dynamics and Superfluid Turbulence. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 571. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45542-6_3

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