Relativistic superfluidity and vorticity from the nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation

• Main Authors: Xiong, Chi, Good, Michael R. R., Guo, Yulong, Liu, Xiaopei, Huang, Kerson
• Other Authors: School of Computer Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Physics::Atomic physics::Relativity physics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103999; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24599
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We investigate superfluidity, and the mechanism for creation of quantized vortices, in the relativistic regime. The general framework is a nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation in curved spacetime for a complex scalar field, whose phase dynamics gives rise to superfluidity. The mechanisms discussed are lo...