First observation of bright solitons in bulk superfluid He-4
arXiv:1711.03756 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.035302
Abstract
The existence of bright solitons in bulk superfluid He-4 is demonstrated by time-resolved shadowgraph i maging experiments and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The initial liquid compression that leads to the creation of non-linear waves is produced by rapidly expanding plasma from laser ablation. Af ter the leading dissipative period, these waves transform into bright solitons, which exhibit three chara cteristic features: dispersionless propagation, negligible interaction in two-wave collision, and direct dependence between soliton amplitude and the propagation velocity. The experimental observations are supp orted by DFT calculations, which show rapid evolution of the initially compressed liquid into bright soli tons. At high amplitudes, solitons become unstable and break down into dispersive shock waves.
arXiv comment5 pages, 6 figures (accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett.)
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