advanced_notions:topological_defects:vortices
| Next revision | Previous revision | ||
|
advanced_notions:topological_defects:vortices [2017/12/20 11:15] jakobadmin created |
advanced_notions:topological_defects:vortices [2017/12/20 11:17] (current) jakobadmin [History] |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
| <tabbox Layman> | <tabbox Layman> | ||
| - | <note tip> | + | <blockquote> |
| - | Explanations in this section should contain no formulas, but instead colloquial things like you would hear them during a coffee break or at a cocktail party. | + | An example of a vortex is universally encountered by people taking |
| - | </note> | + | baths or washing dishes. As the water flows down the drain, it |
| + | circulates. We cannot interpolate the circulating velocity field | ||
| + | all the way to the center of the vortex since it would | ||
| + | have to become multi-valued. Instead the fluid density in the central | ||
| + | region of the vortex vanishes. | ||
| + | |||
| + | <cite>https://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-ph/9710292.pdf</cite> | ||
| + | </blockquote> | ||
| | | ||
| <tabbox Student> | <tabbox Student> | ||
| Line 35: | Line 42: | ||
| energy at this point since $\phi =0$ is not on the vacuum manifold. | energy at this point since $\phi =0$ is not on the vacuum manifold. | ||
| The location of this point may be defined as the location of a vortex. | The location of this point may be defined as the location of a vortex. | ||
| - | **(An example of a vortex is universally encountered by people taking | + | |
| - | baths or washing dishes. As the water flows down the drain, it | + | |
| - | circulates. We cannot interpolate the circulating velocity field | + | |
| - | all the way to the center of the vortex since it would | + | |
| - | have to become multi-valued. Instead the fluid density in the central | + | |
| - | region of the vortex vanishes.)** | + | |
| <cite>https://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-ph/9710292.pdf</cite> | <cite>https://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-ph/9710292.pdf</cite> | ||
| Line 67: | Line 69: | ||
| | | ||
| <tabbox History> | <tabbox History> | ||
| + | Lord Kelvin [[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/blogs/physics/2011/12/beautiful-losers-kelvins-vortex-atoms/|famously tried]] to explain the different atoms as vortices. | ||
| </tabbox> | </tabbox> | ||
advanced_notions/topological_defects/vortices.1513764917.txt.gz · Last modified: 2017/12/20 10:15 (external edit)
Page Tools
Except where otherwise noted, content on this wiki is licensed under the following license: CC Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International
