A quantum storm in a teacup
arXiv:1511.07064
Abstract
The past decade has seen atomic Bose-Einstein condensates emerge as a promising prototype system to explore the quantum mechanical form of turbulence, buoyed by a powerful experimental toolbox to control and manipulate the fluid, and the amenity to describe the system from first-principles. This article presents an overview of quantum turbulence in atomic condensates, from its history and fundamental motivations, its characteristics and key results to date, and finally to some promising future directions.
23 pages. This manuscript has been submitted as a chapter to the book "Universal Themes of Bose-Einstein Condensation" (Cambridge University Press, in press 2016), edited by David Snoke, Nikolaos Proukakis and Peter Littlewood. This version has a modified title and introduction to the book version
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