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Main Author: Attard, Phil
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.08826
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author Attard, Phil
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contents The two-fluid theory for superfluid hydrodynamics is derived from the fountain pressure result that condensed bosons move at constant entropy and are driven by the chemical potential gradient. Explicit results for $^4$He show that the superfluid has vorticity, which is consistent with measured data but inconsistent with Landau's principle that superfluid flow is irrotational. The macroscopic wavefunction is criticised.
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spellingShingle The Two-Fluid Theory for Superfluid Hydrodynamics and Rotational Motion
Attard, Phil
Statistical Mechanics
The two-fluid theory for superfluid hydrodynamics is derived from the fountain pressure result that condensed bosons move at constant entropy and are driven by the chemical potential gradient. Explicit results for $^4$He show that the superfluid has vorticity, which is consistent with measured data but inconsistent with Landau's principle that superfluid flow is irrotational. The macroscopic wavefunction is criticised.
title The Two-Fluid Theory for Superfluid Hydrodynamics and Rotational Motion
topic Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.08826