Dissipative Vortex Motion in Fermi Superfluids at Ultra Low Temperatures

• Published in: Journal of low temperature physics Vol. 171; no. 5-6; pp. 539 - 550
• Main Author: Silaev, Mihail A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01-06-2013
• Subjects: Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Condensed Matter Physics; Dissipation; Fermi superfluids; Fluid flow; Fluids; Magnetic Materials; Magnetism; Mathematical analysis; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Quantum turbulence; Superfluidity; Turbulence; Turbulent flow; Vortices; Fermi superfluids; Quantum turbulence
• ISSN: 0022-2291; 1573-7357; 1573-7357
• DOI: 10.1007/s10909-012-0813-2

We discuss in detail the recently proposed mechanism of dissipation and damping of the vortex motion in Fermi superfluids at temperatures much smaller than the critical one (Silaev, Phys. Rev. Lett., 108:045303,
2012
). In the absence of the heat bath of normal component the kinetic energy of the superflow is transferred to the vortex core fermions due to the accelerated vortex motion. The resulting local heating of the vortex cores creates the heat flux carried by non-equilibrium quasiparticles emitted by moving vortices. Here we study this peculiar kinetics of localized quasiparticles beyond relaxation time approximation, calculate the decrement of Kelvin waves and the total power losses in Kelvin wave cascade realized by the turbulent motion of
3
He-B.