Quantum signature of superfluid turbulence

Phys Rev Lett. 2001 Dec 31;87(27 Pt 1):275302. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.275302. Epub 2001 Dec 10.

Abstract

Using a numerical simulation backed up by physical arguments, we predict that the pressure spectrum of superfluid turbulence has a k(-2) dependence on the wave number k, which represents a macroscopic quantum signature not to be found in the classical Kolmogorov theory of turbulence.