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 <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 ​coffee break or at a cocktail party+An example of vortex is universally encountered by people taking 
-</note>+baths or washing dishesAs 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>
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 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>​
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 +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. ​
  
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