Posted on 06/10/2021 4:16:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Hiromitsu Takeuchi, a lecturer at the Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, and a researcher at the Nambu Yoichiro Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (NITEP), has theoretically identified the nature of a mysterious topological defect produced by the recently discovered non-equilibrium time evolution of spontaneous symmetry breaking (SSB). Since the SSB realized in this system is like the SSB that has been known to occur in isotropic superconductors and superfluid 4He, it was expected to produce topological defects with vortex-like properties in the fluid, called quantum vortices. However, the topological defect observed in this experiment has a structure that bore little resemblance to the previously mentioned SSB, and its physical properties have been shrouded in mystery. In this research, the idea of applying the Joukowski transform, which is used to calculate the lift of airplane wings, to quantum vortices was introduced for the first time, and the analysis revealed that the most stable state of this mysterious topological defect is a new topological defect called a quantum elliptic vortex. The results of this research were published online in Physical Review Letters, considered to be one of the most prestigious journals in the field of physics.
A time- and space-dependent function called a "field" is commonly used to describe the properties of physical systems in which SSB occurs. If the motion of the field can be calculated, the behavior of the system can be predicted. However, the calculation is generally difficult because the degrees of freedom of the field are infinite.
One effective way to describe the complex motion of a field is to represent the degrees of freedom of an object floating in it, called a topological defect. The field around the "core" of a topological defect has a certain structure.
(Excerpt) Read more at phys.org ...
"There is hope that new developments in SSBs, such as Takeuchi's discovery, will be brought about by improvements in experimental techniques and corresponding advances in theory, and that they will have a ripple effect on the entire field of physics."
"a ripple effect on the entire field of physics."
I seed this every morning when I stir milk into my coffee.
I'd been feeling more symmetrical lately, wondered why. Thanks BenLurkin.
The title makes it sound like matter was created from nothing.
The 'devil' is in the details... He has lots of helpers. But as it is Written, the devil is going down ... the devil is just trying to take as many with him as he can.
Sir I have no iota of a clue.
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