학술논문

Sound propagation in a uniform superfluid two-dimensional Bose gas
Document Type
Working Paper
Source
Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 145301 (2018)
Subject
Condensed Matter - Quantum Gases
Language
Abstract
In superfluid systems several sound modes can be excited, as for example first and second sound in liquid helium. Here, we excite propagating and standing waves in a uniform two-dimensional Bose gas and we characterize the propagation of sound in both the superfluid and normal regime. In the superfluid phase, the measured speed of sound is well described by a two-fluid hydrodynamic model, and the weak damping rate is well explained by the scattering with thermal excitations. In the normal phase the sound becomes strongly damped due to a departure from hydrodynamic behavior.
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