Scattering of Line-Ring Vortices in a Superfluid

Villois, Alberto, Salman, Hayder and Proment, Davide ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9472-0097 (2015) Scattering of Line-Ring Vortices in a Superfluid. Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 180 (1-2). pp. 68-81. ISSN 0022-2291

[thumbnail of manuscript] Other (manuscript) - Accepted Version
Download (943kB)

Abstract

We study the scattering of vortex rings by a superfluid line vortex using the Gross-Pitaevskii equation in a parameter regime where a hydrodynamic description based on a vortex filament approximation is applicable. By using a vortex extraction algorithm, we are able to track the location of the vortex ring as a function of time. Using this, we show that the scattering of the vortex ring in our Gross-Pitaevskii simulations is well captured by the local induction approximation of a vortex filament model for a wide range of impact parameters. The scattering of a vortex ring by a line vortex is characterised by the initial offset of the centre of the ring from the axis of the vortex. We find that a strong asymmetry exists in the scattering of a ring as a function of this initial scattering parameter.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: physics.flu-dyn,cond-mat.other
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Mathematics (former - to 2024)
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Quantum Fluids
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Photonics and Quantum Science
Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 24 Jul 2015 20:56
Last Modified: 25 Sep 2024 11:36
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/53520
DOI: 10.1007/s10909-015-1293-y

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item