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T1 - Multiple critical velocities in oscillatory flow of superfluid 4He due to quartz tuning forks
AU - Schmoranzer, David
AU - Jackson, Martin
AU - Tsepelin, Viktor
AU - Poole, Malcolm
AU - Woods, Andrew
AU - Clovecko, Marcel
AU - Skrbek, Ladislav
N1 - © 2016 American Physical Society
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - We report recent investigations into the transition to turbulence in superfluid $^4$He, realized experimentally by measuring the drag forces acting on two custom-made quartz tuning forks with fundamental resonances at 6.5 kHz and 55.5 kHz, in the temperature range 10 mK to 2.17 K. In pure superfluid in the zero temperature limit, three distinct critical velocities were observed withboth tuning forks. We discuss the signicance of all critical velocities and associate the third critical velocity reported here for the first time with the development of large vortical structures in the flow, which thus starts to mimic turbulence in classical fluids. The interpretation of our results is directlylinked to previous experimental work with oscillators such as tuning forks, grids and vibrating wires, focusing on the behavior of purely superfluid $^4$He at very low temperatures
AB - We report recent investigations into the transition to turbulence in superfluid $^4$He, realized experimentally by measuring the drag forces acting on two custom-made quartz tuning forks with fundamental resonances at 6.5 kHz and 55.5 kHz, in the temperature range 10 mK to 2.17 K. In pure superfluid in the zero temperature limit, three distinct critical velocities were observed withboth tuning forks. We discuss the signicance of all critical velocities and associate the third critical velocity reported here for the first time with the development of large vortical structures in the flow, which thus starts to mimic turbulence in classical fluids. The interpretation of our results is directlylinked to previous experimental work with oscillators such as tuning forks, grids and vibrating wires, focusing on the behavior of purely superfluid $^4$He at very low temperatures
KW - quantum turbulence
KW - Superfluid 4He
KW - Quartz tuning fork
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.94.214503
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.94.214503
M3 - Journal article
VL - 94
JO - Physical review B
JF - Physical review B
SN - 1098-0121
IS - 21
M1 - 214503
ER -