Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Understanding the interface dynamics in nonequilibrium quantum systems remains a challenge. We study the interface dynamics of strongly coupled immiscible binary superfluids by using holographic duality. The full nonlinear evolution of the binary superfluids with a relative velocity shows rich nonlinear patterns toward quantum turbulence, which is reminiscent of the quantum Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. The wave number of the fastest growing modes ${k}_{0}$ extracted from the interface pattern yields a nonmonotonic dependence of the relative velocity, independent of the temperature and interaction. The value of ${k}_{0}$ first increases with the velocity difference and then decreases, which stands in sharp contrast to the results of mean-field theory described by the Gross-Pitaevskii equation and is confirmed by using the linear analyses on top of the stationary configuration. We uncover that the critical velocity associated with the maximum corresponds to the case when the mean separation of vortices generated by interface instabilities becomes comparable to the vortex size, which could be a universal physical mechanism at strongly interacting superfluids and is directly testable in laboratory experiments.
Authors: Yu-Ping An, Li Li, Chuan-Yin Xia, Hua-Bi Zeng
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: G1348168193, G19435908, G7571784424
OpenAlex ID: W4399140629