Nanoscopic jets and filaments of superfluid He-4 at zero temperature: a DFT study
arXiv:2301.13699 · doi:10.1063/5.0143399
Abstract
Helium droplets produced by the instability of a cryogenic helium jet exiting a source chamber leads to the formation of He drops which are considered as ideal matrices for spectroscopic studies of embedded atoms and molecules. Here, we present a He-DFT description of droplet formation resulting from jet breaking and contraction of superfluid He-4 filaments. Whereas the fragmentation of long jets closely follows the predictions of linear theory for inviscid fluids, leading to droplet trains interspersed with smaller satellite droplets, the contraction of filaments with an aspect ratio larger than a threshold value leads to the nucleation of vortex rings which hinder their breakup into droplets.
arXiv comment14 pages, 12 figures, published version
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