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Collisions of solid particles with vortex rings in superfluid helium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2008

DEMOSTHENES KIVOTIDES  and
S. LOUISE WILKIN
DEMOSTHENES KIVOTIDES
Affiliation:
Center for Risk Studies and Safety, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93117, USA
S. LOUISE WILKIN
Affiliation:
Center for Risk Studies and Safety, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93117, USA
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Abstract

We have performed self-consistent computations of the interactions between a superfluid vortex-ring and a solid particle for two different vortex-ring sizes and over a wide range of temperatures. In all cases, the particle and the vortex eventually separate. For temperature T = 0 K, larger rings tend to trap the particle more effectively than smaller rings. Trying to escape the vortex, the particle follows a spiralling trajectory that could be experimentally detected. The dominant dynamical process is the excitation and propagation of Kelvin waves along the vortices. For T > 0 K, particle–vortex collision induces particle vibrations that are normal to the particle's direction of motion and might be experimentally detectable. In contrast to the T = 0 K case, smaller rings induce larger particle oscillation velocities. With increasing temperature, enhanced mutual friction damping of Kelvin waves leads to the damping of both the intensity and frequency of post-collision particle vibrations. Moreover, higher temperatures increase the relative impact of the Stokes drag force on particle motion.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 605 , 25 June 2008 , pp. 367 - 387
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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