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Mathematical Models of Superfluids
Natalia Berloff
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
University of Cambridge
Abstract
In the past decade, superfluid ultracold gases and liquids
have become the physicists' preferred domain for exploring
novel phenomena in condensed matter, and for testing many-body
theories of how atoms interact with each other. There is an
explosion of the new quantum fluids discovered, that challenge
both mathematicians and physicists by their fascinating, yet
enigmatic behaviors. The most famous of them is the ability
to flow through narrow gaps without any friction and energy
dissipation and the existence of quantized vortices. Different
problems and approaches in mathematical modeling of the
macroscopic superfluid dynamics will be discussed. Particular
emphasis will be given to the formation of coherent structures
and the quantized vortex dynamics.
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