Direct excitation of Kelvin waves on quantized vortices

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Hauptverfasser: Minowa, Yosuke, Yasui, Yuki, Nakagawa, Tomo, Inui, Sosuke, Tsubota, Makoto, Ashida, Masaaki
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author Minowa, Yosuke
Yasui, Yuki
Nakagawa, Tomo
Inui, Sosuke
Tsubota, Makoto
Ashida, Masaaki
author_facet Minowa, Yosuke
Yasui, Yuki
Nakagawa, Tomo
Inui, Sosuke
Tsubota, Makoto
Ashida, Masaaki
contents Helices and spirals, prevalent across various systems, play a crucial role in characterizing symmetry, describing dynamics, and imparting unique functionalities, attributed to their inherent simplicity and chiral nature. A helical excitation on a quantized vortex, an example of a one-dimensional topological defect, emerges as a Nambu-Goldstone mode following spontaneous symmetry breaking, known as a Kelvin wave. Kelvin waves play a vital role in energy dissipation within inviscid quantum fluids. However, deliberately exciting Kelvin waves has proven to be challenging. Here, we introduce a controlled method for exciting Kelvin waves on a quantized vortex in superfluid helium-4. We used a charged nanoparticle, oscillated by a time-varying electric field, to stimulate Kelvin waves on the vortex. A major breakthrough in our research is the confirmation of the helical nature of Kelvin waves through three-dimensional image reconstruction, providing visual evidence of their complex dynamics. Additionally, we determined the dispersion relation and the phase velocity of the Kelvin wave and identified the vorticity direction, enhancing our understanding of quantum fluid behavior. This work elucidates the dynamics of Kelvin waves and pioneers a novel approach for manipulating and observing quantized vortices in three dimensions, thereby opening new avenues for exploring quantum fluidic systems.
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spellingShingle Direct excitation of Kelvin waves on quantized vortices
Minowa, Yosuke
Yasui, Yuki
Nakagawa, Tomo
Inui, Sosuke
Tsubota, Makoto
Ashida, Masaaki
Quantum Gases
Superconductivity
Fluid Dynamics
Helices and spirals, prevalent across various systems, play a crucial role in characterizing symmetry, describing dynamics, and imparting unique functionalities, attributed to their inherent simplicity and chiral nature. A helical excitation on a quantized vortex, an example of a one-dimensional topological defect, emerges as a Nambu-Goldstone mode following spontaneous symmetry breaking, known as a Kelvin wave. Kelvin waves play a vital role in energy dissipation within inviscid quantum fluids. However, deliberately exciting Kelvin waves has proven to be challenging. Here, we introduce a controlled method for exciting Kelvin waves on a quantized vortex in superfluid helium-4. We used a charged nanoparticle, oscillated by a time-varying electric field, to stimulate Kelvin waves on the vortex. A major breakthrough in our research is the confirmation of the helical nature of Kelvin waves through three-dimensional image reconstruction, providing visual evidence of their complex dynamics. Additionally, we determined the dispersion relation and the phase velocity of the Kelvin wave and identified the vorticity direction, enhancing our understanding of quantum fluid behavior. This work elucidates the dynamics of Kelvin waves and pioneers a novel approach for manipulating and observing quantized vortices in three dimensions, thereby opening new avenues for exploring quantum fluidic systems.
title Direct excitation of Kelvin waves on quantized vortices
topic Quantum Gases
Superconductivity
Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.16411