SUPERFLUID FIELD THEORY

1993 ◽  
Vol 08 (28) ◽  
pp. 5005-5021
Author(s):  
R.L. DAVIS

The very low temperature dynamics of an isotropic superfluid is derived from a repulsive bosonic field theory. The field theory is a fully dynamical generalization of the Ginzburg-Landau theory, which at zero temperature has semiclassical superfluid solutions. It is shown that supercurrent quenching occurs above some intrinsic critical velocity. The speed of first sound is calculated and the Landau criterion for a maximum superfluid velocity is derived. At finite temperature, the thermodynamic potential is computed, the order parameter and gap equations are derived, the origin of the Landau two-fluid model is identified and the thermomechanical effect is explained. This theory successfully describes many of the features of 4He well below the critical temperature, as well as relativistic generalizations.

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-31
Author(s):  
Vladimir Z. Kresin ◽  
Sergei G. Ovchinnikov ◽  
Stuart A. Wolf

This chapter outlines the story of superconductivity, which started at the beginning of the twentieth century, and describes major breakthroughs, such as the discovery of the Meissner effect and the isotope effect. Several important developments preceded the microscopic theory formulated by Bardeen, Cooper, and Schrieffer: the two-fluid model, London equations, and the Ginzburg–Landau theory. Formulation of the theory brought further progress, such as quasiparticle tunnelling and the Josephson effect, and the search for new mechanisms of superconductivity and novel materials such as high-Tc oxides and hydrides. The main excitations in normal solids, including phonons, polaronic states, plasmons, and magnons, are described. A rigorous description of the adiabatic method, the foundation of the theory of solids, is provided, and the electron–phonon interaction, renormalisation phenomena, and the dynamic polaronic effect are introduced. The Heisenberg model, the key ingredient of the theory of magnetism, is also described.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Madhuparna Karmakar

The electrostatic potential and the associated charge distribution in the vortices of high- superconductors involving mixed symmetry state of the order parameters have been studied. The work is carried out in the framework of an extended Ginzburg-Landau (GL) theory involving the Gorter-Casimir two-fluid model and Bardeen's extension of GL theory applied to the high- superconductors. The properties are calculated using the material parameters relevant for the high- cuprate YBCO.


2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 033324
Author(s):  
Alejandro Clausse ◽  
Martín López de Bertodano

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 037116
Author(s):  
Victor L. Mironov

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Ponalagusamy ◽  
Ramakrishna Manchi

AbstractThe present communication presents a theoretical study of blood flow through a stenotic artery with a porous wall comprising Brinkman and Darcy layers. The governing equations describing the flow subjected to the boundary conditions have been solved analytically under the low Reynolds number and mild stenosis assumptions. Some special cases of the problem are also presented mathematically. The significant effects of the rheology of blood and porous wall of the artery on physiological flow quantities have been investigated. The results reveal that the wall shear stress at the stenotic throat increases dramatically for the thinner porous wall (i.e. smaller values of the Brinkman and Darcy regions) and the rate of increase is found to be 18.46% while it decreases for the thicker porous wall (i.e. higher values of the Brinkman and Darcy regions) and the rate of decrease is found to be 10.21%. Further, the streamline pattern in the stenotic region has been plotted and discussed.


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