| Literature DB >> 18233587 |
P M Walmsley1, A I Golov, H E Hall, A A Levchenko, W F Vinen.
Abstract
Turbulence, produced by an impulsive spin down from angular velocity Omega to rest of a cube-shaped container, is investigated in superfluid 4He at temperatures 0.08 K-1.6 K. The density of quantized vortex lines L is measured by scattering negative ions. Homogeneous turbulence develops after time t approximately 20/Omega and decays as L proportional, t-3/2. The corresponding energy flux =nu'(kappaL)2 proportional, t-3 is characteristic of quasiclassical turbulence at high Re with a saturated energy-containing length. The effective kinematic viscosity in T=0 limit is nu'=0.003kappa, where kappa=10(-3) cm2 s(-1) is the circulation quantum.Year: 2007 PMID: 18233587 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.265302
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN: 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161