Turbulent Relaxation to Equilibrium in a Two-Dimensional Quantum Vortex Gas
Matthew T. Reeves, Kwan Goddard-Lee, Guillaume Gauthier, Oliver R. Stockdale, Hayder Salman, Timothy Edmonds, Xiaoquan Yu, Ashton S. Bradley, Mark Baker, Halina Rubinsztein‐Dunlop, Matthew J. Davis, Tyler W. Neely
Abstract
The maximum entropy principle has the potential to describe persistent fluid vortices but has only roughly matched experiment. A new study shows an exact match to vortex dynamics in a 2D Bose-Einstein condensate.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsMicrocanonical ensembleVortexRelaxation (psychology)Angular momentumThermodynamic equilibriumCanonical ensembleCondensed matter physicsQuantum mechanicsThermodynamicsMonte Carlo methodStatisticsSocial psychologyPsychologyMathematicsCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein CondensatesQuantum, superfluid, helium dynamicsStrong Light-Matter Interactions