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Angular Momentum in Rotating Superfluid Droplets

O'Connell, Sean M. O.
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Tanyag, Rico Mayro P.
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Verma, Deepak
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May 26, 2020
Physical Review Letters

The angular momentum of rotating superfluid droplets originates from quantized vortices and capillary waves, the interplay between which remains to be uncovered. Here, the rotation of isolated submicrometer superfluid He-4 droplets is studied by ultrafast x-ray diffraction using a free electron laser. The diffraction patterns provide simultaneous access to the morphology of the droplets and the vortex arrays they host. In capsule-shaped droplets, vortices form a distorted triangular lattice, whereas they arrange along elliptical contours in ellipsoidal droplets. The combined action of vortices and capillary waves results in droplet shapes close to those of classical droplets rotating with the same angular velocity. The findings are corroborated by density functional theory calculations describing the velocity fields and shape deformations of a rotating superfluid cylinder.

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DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.215301
Web of Science ID

WOS:000535467000004

ArXiv ID

1910.12926

Author(s)
O'Connell, Sean M. O.
Tanyag, Rico Mayro P.
Verma, Deepak
Bernando, Charles
Pang, Weiwu
Bacellar, Camila
Saladrigas, Catherine A.
Mahl, Johannes
Toulson, Benjamin W.
Kumagai, Yoshiaki
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Date Issued

2020-05-26

Publisher

AMER PHYSICAL SOC

Published in
Physical Review Letters
Volume

124

Issue

21

Article Number

215301

Subjects

Physics, Multidisciplinary

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Physics

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quantized vortices

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quantum vortices

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liquid-helium

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stability

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atoms

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shape

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REVIEWED

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