Decay of superflow confined in thin torus: A realization of tunneling quantum fields
Decay of superflow confined in thin torus: A realization of tunneling quantum fields
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限制在薄环内的超流衰变:隧道量子场的实现
DOI:
10.1143/jpsj.68.3778
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发表时间:
1998
影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
S. Kurihara
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文献类型:
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作者:
M. Nishida;S. Kurihara
The quantum nucleation of phase slips in neutral superfluids confined in a thin torus is investigated by means of the collective coordinate method. We have devised, with numerical justification, a certain collective coordinate to describe the quantum nucleation process of a phase slip. Considering the quantum fluctuation around the local minimum of the action, we calculate the effective mass of the phase slip. Due to the coherence of the condensate throughout the torus, the effective mass is proportional to the circumference L of the torus, and the decay rate has a strong exponential L -dependence.