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Kolmogorov number in a turbulent Bose gas

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Abstract

Turbulence phenomena are present in a vast variety of physical systems, from water waves to the early universe. We use a homogeneous Bose gas of 39K to study turbulent cascades, in which energy injected at the low-momentum scale is transported in momentum space with constant energy flux towards higher momenta. This leads to a scale-invariant momentum distribution defined by the so-called Kolmogorov exponent and Kolmogorov number, the amplitude. Here we investigate the dependence of the Kolmogorov number on the transported energy flux, and observe universal relations in agreement with the theoretical predictions for wave turbulence.

Presenters

  • Lena Dogra

    Univ of Cambridge, University of Cambridge

Authors

  • Lena Dogra

    Univ of Cambridge, University of Cambridge

  • Timon Hilker

    Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Univ of Cambridge

  • Jake A Glidden

    Univ of Cambridge, University of Cambridge

  • Gevorg Martirosyan

    Univ of Cambridge, University of Cambridge

  • Christoph Eigen

    Univ of Cambridge, University of Cambridge

  • Jiri Etrych

    Univ of Cambridge, University of Cambridge

  • Robert Smith

    University of Oxford, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom

  • Zoran Hadzibabic

    Univ of Cambridge, University of Cambridge