We demonstrate a reinforcement learning(RL)-based control framework for optimizing evaporative cooling in the preparation of strongly interacting degenerate Fermi gases of 6Li.Using a Soft Actor-Critic(SAC)algorithm,t...We demonstrate a reinforcement learning(RL)-based control framework for optimizing evaporative cooling in the preparation of strongly interacting degenerate Fermi gases of 6Li.Using a Soft Actor-Critic(SAC)algorithm,the system autonomously explores a high-dimensional parameter space to learn optimal cooling trajectories.Compared to conventional exponential ramps,our method achieves up to 130%improvement in atomic density within 0.5 second,revealing non-trivial control strategies that balance fast evaporation and thermalization.While our current optimization focuses on the evaporation stage,future integration of other cooling stages,such as gray molasses cooling,could further extend RL to the full preparation pipeline.Our result highlights the promise of RL as a general tool for closed-loop quantum control and automated calibration in complex atomic physics experiments.展开更多
The superfluidity of helium-4 is explained until today by a quantum theory: the Bose-Einstein condensation. This theory is rather satisfactory in describing the superfluid state of helium-4 because this one is a syste...The superfluidity of helium-4 is explained until today by a quantum theory: the Bose-Einstein condensation. This theory is rather satisfactory in describing the superfluid state of helium-4 because this one is a system made up of bosons (particles of integer spin). However, the discovery of the superfluidity of helium-3 in 1971 called into question the veracity of this quantum theory. In fact, helium-3 being a system composed of fermions (particles of half-integer spin), it cannot be subject to Bose-Einstein condensation. It is to correct this deficiency that we introduce here a classical (non-quantum) theory of superfluids. This new theory makes no difference between the λ transition of bosons and that of fermions. It is based on a fundamental law: “in a superfluid, density is conserved”. In this work, we have shown that this simple law explains not only the zero viscosity of superfluids but also the surprising phenomena observed in the superfluid state, I quote the liquidity of helium at normal pressure down to 0 K, vaporization without boiling, high thermal conductivity, the fountain effect, the ability to go up one side of the wall of a container to come down on the other side and the existence of a critical velocity.展开更多
Following publication of the original article[1],the following information has been added to the Funding section:No funding was obtained for this study.The original article[1]has been updated.
We consider a relativistic two-fluid model of superfluidity,in which the superfluid is described by an order parameter that is a complex scalar field satisfying the nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation(NLKG).The coupling t...We consider a relativistic two-fluid model of superfluidity,in which the superfluid is described by an order parameter that is a complex scalar field satisfying the nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation(NLKG).The coupling to the normal fluid is introduced via a covariant current-current interaction,which results in the addition of an effective potential,whose imaginary part describes particle transfer between superfluid and normal fluid.Quantized vorticity arises in a class of singular solutions and the related vortex dynamics is incorporated in the modified NLKG,facilitating numerical analysis which is usually very complicated in the phenomenology of vortex filaments.The dual transformation to a string theory description(Kalb-Ramond)of quantum vorticity,the Magnus force,and the mutual friction between quantized vortices and normal fluid are also studied.展开更多
Helium sorption cooler technology is a key means to realize highly reliable low-vibration very lowtemperature environments,which have important applications in fields such as quantum computing and space exploration.Th...Helium sorption cooler technology is a key means to realize highly reliable low-vibration very lowtemperature environments,which have important applications in fields such as quantum computing and space exploration.The laboratory designed a superfluid suppression small hole and a multi-ribbed condenser,developed a reliable-performance helium sorption cooler(HSC),and conducted experimental studies.Experimental results show that the prototype can achieve the lowest cooling temperature of 873 mK without load by filling 6MPa helium at room temperature.The low-temperature hold time is 26 h,and the temperature fluctuation is within 0.8 mK.The cooling power of the helium sorption cooler is 1 mW@0.98 K@3.5 h.Experimental results indicate that when the charging pressure is reduced to 4MPa,theminimum temperature decreases to 836mK,and the hold time shortens to 16 h.When the pre-cooling temperature increases from 3.9 to 4.9 K,the hold time is reduced to 3 h.展开更多
We aim to find one highly nontrivial example of the solutions to the vortex fluid dynamical equation on the unit sphere(S^(2))and compare it with the numerical simulation.Since the rigid rotating steady solution for v...We aim to find one highly nontrivial example of the solutions to the vortex fluid dynamical equation on the unit sphere(S^(2))and compare it with the numerical simulation.Since the rigid rotating steady solution for vortex fluids on S^(2)is already known to us,we consider the perturbations above it.After decomposing the perturbation of the vortex number density and vortex charge density into spherical harmonics,we find that the perturbations are propagating waves.To be precise,the velocities for different single-mode vortex number density waves are all the same,while the velocities for single-mode vortex charge density waves depend on the degree of the spherical harmonics l,which is a signal of the existence of dispersion.Meanwhile,we find that there is a beat phenomenon for the positive(or negative)vortex density wave.Numerical simulation based on the canonical equations for the point vortex model agrees perfectly with our theoretical calculations.展开更多
In this work,the phase structure of a holographic s+d model with quartic potential terms from 4D Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet gravity is studied in the probe limit.We first show the qd-μphase diagram with a very small val...In this work,the phase structure of a holographic s+d model with quartic potential terms from 4D Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet gravity is studied in the probe limit.We first show the qd-μphase diagram with a very small value of the Gauss–Bonnet coefficientα=1×10-7and in the absence of the quartic terms to locate the suitable choice of the value of qd,where the system admits coexistent s+d solutions.Then we consider the various values of the Gauss–Bonnet coefficientαand present theα-μphase diagram to show the influence of the Gauss–Bonnet term on the phase structure.We also give an example of the re-entrant phase transition which is also realized in the holographic s+s and s+p models.After that we confirm the universality of the influence of the quartic term with coefficientλdon the d-wave solutions,which is similar to the case of s-wave and p-wave solutions previously studied in the s+p model.Finally we give the dependence of the special values of the quartic term coefficientλdon the Gauss–Bonnet coefficientα,below which the d-wave condensate grows to an opposite direction at the(quasi-)critical point,which is useful in realizing first order phase transitions in further studies of the holographic d-wave superfluids.展开更多
We theoretically explore a non-Hermitian superfluid model with complex-valued interaction, inspired by two-body loss stemming from inelastic scattering observed in ultracold atomic experiments. Utilizing both the righ...We theoretically explore a non-Hermitian superfluid model with complex-valued interaction, inspired by two-body loss stemming from inelastic scattering observed in ultracold atomic experiments. Utilizing both the right-eigenstate-based mean-field theory and its biorthogonal counterpart, we study the properties of the system. Notably, the right-eigenstate-based framework produces smooth and continuous solutions, in stark contrast to the absence of nontrivial solutions and the abrupt discontinuities observed in the biorthogonal-eigenstatebased framework under moderate dissipation. In addition, the lower condensation energy obtained in the former framework suggests its superior suitability for describing this system. Furthermore, we explore the impact of backscattering, a crucial factor in realistic systems. Our analysis reveals that, facilitated by two-body loss, even moderate backscattering destabilizes the superfluid state. Sufficiently strong backscattering completely destroys it, highlighting a key mechanism for the fragility of this non-Hermitian quantum phase.展开更多
By using a mean-field approximation which describes the coupled oscillations of condensate and noncondensate atoms in the collisionless regime, Landau damping in a dilute dipolar Bose-Fermi mixture in the BEC limit wh...By using a mean-field approximation which describes the coupled oscillations of condensate and noncondensate atoms in the collisionless regime, Landau damping in a dilute dipolar Bose-Fermi mixture in the BEC limit where Fermi superfluid is treated as tightly bounded molecules, is investigated. In the case of a uniform quasi-two-dimensional (2D) case, the results for the Landau damping due to the Bose-Fermi interaction are obtained at low and high temperatures. It is shown that at low temperatures, the Landau damping rate is exponentially suppressed. By increasing the strength of dipolar interaction, and the energy of boson quasiparticles, Landau damping is suppressed over a broader temperature range.展开更多
Recent astronomical observations of high redshift quasars, dark matter-dominated galaxies, mergers of neutron stars, glitch phenomena in pulsars, cosmic microwave background and experimental data from hadronic collide...Recent astronomical observations of high redshift quasars, dark matter-dominated galaxies, mergers of neutron stars, glitch phenomena in pulsars, cosmic microwave background and experimental data from hadronic colliders do not rule out, but they even support the hypothesis that the energy-density in our universe most likely is upper-limited by <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><i>p<sub>max</sub><sup style="margin-left:-25px;">uni</sup></i> </span>which is predicted to lie between 2 to 3 the nuclear density <em>p</em><sub>0</sub>. Quantum fluids in the cores of massive NSs with <em>p </em><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">≈</span><i> <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><i>p<sub>max</sub><sup style="margin-left:-25px;">uni</sup></i> </span></i><span style="white-space:nowrap;">e</span>a</span>ch the maximum compressibility state, where they become insensitive to further compression by the embedding spacetime and undergo a phase transition into the purely incompressible gluon-quark superfluid state. A direct correspondence between the positive energy stored in the embedding spacetime and the degree of compressibility and superfluidity of the trapped matter is proposed. In this paper relevant observational signatures that support the maximum density hypothesis are reviewed, a possible origin of <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><i>p<sub>max</sub><sup style="margin-left:-25px;">uni</sup></i> </span>i<span style="white-space:nowrap;">s pr</span>oposed and finally the consequences of this scenario on the spacetime’s topology of the universe as well as on the mechanisms underlying the growth rate and power of the high redshift QSOs are discussed.展开更多
The Accelerator Driven Sub-critical(ADS)system is a strategic plan to solve the nuclear waste problem for nuclear power plants in China.High-energy particle accelerators and colliders contain long strings of supercond...The Accelerator Driven Sub-critical(ADS)system is a strategic plan to solve the nuclear waste problem for nuclear power plants in China.High-energy particle accelerators and colliders contain long strings of superconducting devices,superconducting radio frequency cavities,and magnets,which may require cooling by 2 K superfluid helium(HeliumⅡ).2 K superfluid helium cryogenic system has become a research hot spot in the field of superconducting accelerators.In this study,the ADS Injector-I 2 K cryogenic system is examined in detail.The cryogenic system scheme design,key equipment,and technology design,such as the 2 K Joule–Thomson(J–T)heat exchanger and cryomodules CM1+CM2 design,are examined,in addition to the commissioning and operation of the cryogenic system.The ADS Injector-I 2 K cryogenic system is the first 100 W superfluid helium system designed and built independently in China.The ADS proton beam reached 10 Me V at 10 m A in July 2016 and 10 Me V at 2 m A in continuous mode in January 2017 and has been operated reliably for over 15,000 h,proving that the design of ADS Injector-I 2 K cryogenic system,the key equipment,and technology research are reasonable,reliable,and meet the requirements.The research into key technologies provides valuable engineering experience that can be helpful for future projects such as CI-ADS(China Initiative Accelerator-Driven System),SHINE(Shanghai High Repetition Rate XFEL and Extreme Light Facility),PAPS(Platform of Advanced Photon Source Technology),and CEPC(Circular Electron-Positron Collider),thereby developing national expertise in the field of superfluid helium cryogenic systems.展开更多
A helium cryogenic system is designed by the Institute of Modern Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,to supply different cooling powers to the cryomodules of ion-Linac(iLinac)accelerator,which serves as the injector o...A helium cryogenic system is designed by the Institute of Modern Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,to supply different cooling powers to the cryomodules of ion-Linac(iLinac)accelerator,which serves as the injector of the High Intensity Heavy-Ion Accelerator Facility project.The iLinac is a superconducting heavy-ion accelerator approximately 100 m long and contains 13 cryomodules cooled by superfluid helium.This article describes the cryogenic system design of the iLinac accelerator.The requirements of the cryogenic system,such as cooling mode,refrigeration temperature,operating pressure and pressure stability,are introduced and described in detail.In addition,heat loads from different sources are analyzed and calculated quantitatively.An equivalent cooling capacity of 10 kW at 4.5 K was determined for the cryogenic system according to the total heat load.Furthermore,a system process design was conducted and analyzed in detail.Further,the system layout and the main equipment are presented.展开更多
We theoretically investigate the periodically modulated interaction effect on the propagation properties of a traveling plane wave in a Bose–Einstein condensate(BEC) trapped in a deep annular lattice with local defec...We theoretically investigate the periodically modulated interaction effect on the propagation properties of a traveling plane wave in a Bose–Einstein condensate(BEC) trapped in a deep annular lattice with local defects both analytically and numerically. By using the two-mode ansatz and the tight-binding approximation, a critical condition for the system preserving the superfluidity is obtained analytically and confirmed numerically. We find that the coupled effects of periodic modulated atomic interactions, the quasi-momentum of the plane wave, and the defect can control the superfluidity of the system. Particularly, when we consider the periodic modulation in the system with single defect, the critical condition for the system entering the superfluid regime depends on both the defect and the momentum of the plane wave. This is different from the case for the system without the periodic modulation, where the critical condition is only determined by the defect. The modulation and quasi-momentum of the plane wave can enhance the system entering the superfluid regime. Interestingly, when the modulated amplitude/frequency, the defect strength, and the quasi-momentum of the plane wave satisfy a certain condition, the system will always be in the superfluid region. This engineering provides a possible means for studying the periodic modulation effect on propagation properties and the corresponding dynamics of BECs in disordered optical lattices.展开更多
For a Bose-condensed gas in a combined potential consisting of an axially-symmetric harmonic magnetic trap and one-dimensional (1D) optical lattice, using the mean-field Gross-Pitaevskii (G-P) equation and the pro...For a Bose-condensed gas in a combined potential consisting of an axially-symmetric harmonic magnetic trap and one-dimensional (1D) optical lattice, using the mean-field Gross-Pitaevskii (G-P) equation and the propagator method, we obtain the analytical result of the order parameter for matter wave interference at any time. The evolution of the interference pattern under a variation of the relative phase △Ф between successive subcondensates trapped on an optical lattices is also studied. For △Ф=π, the interference pattern is symmetric with two sharp peaks, which are symmetrically located on a straight line on both sides of a vacant central peak and moving apart from each other. This work is in agreement with available experimental results.展开更多
In this paper, the obtained experimental results concerning creation of bulk elementary excitations (BEEs) in isotopically pure liquid ^4He at low temperatures -60 mK are discussed. Positive rotons' (R^+-rotons)...In this paper, the obtained experimental results concerning creation of bulk elementary excitations (BEEs) in isotopically pure liquid ^4He at low temperatures -60 mK are discussed. Positive rotons' (R^+-rotons) creation by a pulsed heater was studied. Signals were recorded for the following quantum processes: quantum evaporation of ^4He-atoms from the free liquid-helium surface by the BEEs of the liquid helium-Ⅱ, and BEEs reflection from the free surface back into the bulk liquid. Typical signals are shown, and ratios of signal amplitudes are evaluated. For long heater pulses from 5 to 10 μs, appearance of the second atomic cloud consisting of evaporated ^4He-atoms was observed in addition to the first atomic cloud. It is thought that the first atomic cloud of the evaporated helium atoms consists of very fast ^4He-atoms with energies ~35 K evaporated by positive rotons with the special energies ~17 K (~2ER~2×8.6 K with ER representing the roton minimum energy) corresponding to the third non-dispersive Zakharenko wave. The second cloud of slower ^4He-atoms was created by surface elementary excitations (SEEs or ripplons) possessing the special energies ~7.15 K representing the binding energy. It was assumed that such SEEs can be created by phonons incoming to the liquid surface with special energies ~6.2 K corresponding to the first non-dispersive Zakharenko wave which can interact at the liquid surface with the same phonons already reflected from the surface for long heater pulses. Also, some pulsed-heater characteristics were studied in order to better understand the features of such heaters in low temperature experiments.展开更多
We study the tunnelling dynamics of superfluid Fermi gases trapped in multi-well system along the BEC-BCS crossover. Within the hydrodynamical model and by using the multi-mode approximation, the self-trapping dynamic...We study the tunnelling dynamics of superfluid Fermi gases trapped in multi-well system along the BEC-BCS crossover. Within the hydrodynamical model and by using the multi-mode approximation, the self-trapping dynamics of superfluid Fermi gases in multi-well system are obtained numerically. We find that the self-trapping to diffusion transition strongly depends on the well number. When the well number is less than three, the self-trapped state takes place easier on the BEC side than that on the BCS side. However, when the well number is larger than three, the self-trapped state takes place easier on the BCS side instead of the BEC side. Furthermore, by considering a superfluid of 40K atoms, we obtain the zero-mode and π-mode Josephson frequencies of coherent atomic oscillations in double-well system. It is noteworthy that the Josephson mode, especially, the existence of π-mode frequency strongly depends on the atoms number on the BCS side.展开更多
We consider the superconducting properties of Lieb lattice, which produces a flat-band energy spectrum in the normal state under the strong electron–electron correlation. Firstly, we show the hole-doping dependent su...We consider the superconducting properties of Lieb lattice, which produces a flat-band energy spectrum in the normal state under the strong electron–electron correlation. Firstly, we show the hole-doping dependent superconducting order amplitude with various electron–electron interaction strengths in the zero-temperature limit. Secondly, we obtain the superfluid weight and Berezinskii–Kosterlitz–Thouless(BKT) transition temperature with a lightly doping level. The large ratio between the gap-opening temperature and BKT transition temperature shows similar behavior to the pseudogap state in high-T_(c) superconductors. The BKT transition temperature versus doping level exhibits a dome-like shape in resemblance to the superconducting dome observed in the high-T_(c) superconductors. However, unlike the exponential dependence of T_(c) on the electron–electron interaction strength in the conventional high-T_(c) superconductors, the BKT transition temperature for a flat band system depends linearly on the electron–electron interaction strength. We also show the doping-dependent superconductivity on a lattice with the staggered hoping parameter in the end. Our predictions are amenable to verification in the ultracold atoms experiment and promote the understanding of the anomalous behavior of the superfluid weight in the high-T_(c) superconductors.展开更多
In the framework of the relativistic mean field theory (RMFT), the relativistic energy losses of the direct Urea processes with hyperons (Y-DURCA ) for reactions A → p + e + υe and ≡^-→ A+e+υe are studied...In the framework of the relativistic mean field theory (RMFT), the relativistic energy losses of the direct Urea processes with hyperons (Y-DURCA ) for reactions A → p + e + υe and ≡^-→ A+e+υe are studied in neutron stars. We calculate the energy gap of A hyperons and investigate the effects of the ^1S0 superfluidity (SF) of A hyperons on the Y-DURCA processes. The calculated results are in line with the recent experimental data △ BAA ~ 1.01 ±0.20-0.11^+0.18 MeV. The results indicate that the ^1S0 SF of A hyperons exists in most density ranges of happening the two reactions. The theoretical cooling curves are in agreement with observation data.展开更多
In this article we modify our previous model for the mechanisms underlying the glitch phenomena in pulsars. Accordingly, pulsars are born with embryonic cores that are made of purely incompressible superconducting glu...In this article we modify our previous model for the mechanisms underlying the glitch phenomena in pulsars. Accordingly, pulsars are born with embryonic cores that are made of purely incompressible superconducting gluon-quark superfluid (henceforth SuSu-cores). As the ambient medium cools and spins down due to emission of magnetic dipole radiation, the mass and size of SuSu-cores must grow discretely with time, in accordance with the Onsager-Feynmann analysis of superfluidity. Here we argue that the spacetime embedding glitching pulsars is dynamical and of bimetric nature: inside SuSu-cores the spacetime must be flat, whereas the surrounding region, where the matter is compressible and dissipative, the spacetime is Schwarzschild. It is argued here that the topological change of spacetime is derived by the strong nuclear force, whose operating length scales are found to increase with time to reach O (1) cm at the end of the luminous lifetimes of pulsars. The here-presented model is in line with the recent radio- and gravitational wave observations of pulsars and merger of neutron stars.展开更多
The Crab and Vela are well-studied glitching pulsars and the data obtained so far should enable us to test the reliability of models of their internal structures. Very recently it was proposed that glitching pulsars a...The Crab and Vela are well-studied glitching pulsars and the data obtained so far should enable us to test the reliability of models of their internal structures. Very recently it was proposed that glitching pulsars are embedded in bimetric spacetime: their incompressible superfluid cores (SuSu-cores) are embedded in flat spacetime, whereas the ambient compressible and dissipative media are enclosed in Schwarzschild spacetime. In this letter we apply this model to the Crab and Vela pulsars and show that a newly born pulsar initially of and an embryonic SuSu-core of could evolve into a Crab-like pulsar after 1000 years and into a Vela-like pulsar 10,000 years later to finally fade away as an invisible dark energy object after roughly 10 Myr. Based thereon we infer that the Crab and the Vela pulsars should have SuSu-cores of and , respectively. Furthermore, the under- and overshootings phenomena observed to accompany the glitch events of the Vela pulsar are rather a common phenomenon of glitching pulsars that can be well-explained within the framework of bimetric spacetime.展开更多
基金supported by the Innovation Program for Quantum Science and Technology of China(Grant No.2024ZD0300100)the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2021YFA1400900)+1 种基金Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology(Grant Nos.25TQ003,2019SHZDZX01,and 24DP2600100)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.12304555).
文摘We demonstrate a reinforcement learning(RL)-based control framework for optimizing evaporative cooling in the preparation of strongly interacting degenerate Fermi gases of 6Li.Using a Soft Actor-Critic(SAC)algorithm,the system autonomously explores a high-dimensional parameter space to learn optimal cooling trajectories.Compared to conventional exponential ramps,our method achieves up to 130%improvement in atomic density within 0.5 second,revealing non-trivial control strategies that balance fast evaporation and thermalization.While our current optimization focuses on the evaporation stage,future integration of other cooling stages,such as gray molasses cooling,could further extend RL to the full preparation pipeline.Our result highlights the promise of RL as a general tool for closed-loop quantum control and automated calibration in complex atomic physics experiments.
文摘The superfluidity of helium-4 is explained until today by a quantum theory: the Bose-Einstein condensation. This theory is rather satisfactory in describing the superfluid state of helium-4 because this one is a system made up of bosons (particles of integer spin). However, the discovery of the superfluidity of helium-3 in 1971 called into question the veracity of this quantum theory. In fact, helium-3 being a system composed of fermions (particles of half-integer spin), it cannot be subject to Bose-Einstein condensation. It is to correct this deficiency that we introduce here a classical (non-quantum) theory of superfluids. This new theory makes no difference between the λ transition of bosons and that of fermions. It is based on a fundamental law: “in a superfluid, density is conserved”. In this work, we have shown that this simple law explains not only the zero viscosity of superfluids but also the surprising phenomena observed in the superfluid state, I quote the liquidity of helium at normal pressure down to 0 K, vaporization without boiling, high thermal conductivity, the fountain effect, the ability to go up one side of the wall of a container to come down on the other side and the existence of a critical velocity.
文摘Following publication of the original article[1],the following information has been added to the Funding section:No funding was obtained for this study.The original article[1]has been updated.
文摘We consider a relativistic two-fluid model of superfluidity,in which the superfluid is described by an order parameter that is a complex scalar field satisfying the nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation(NLKG).The coupling to the normal fluid is introduced via a covariant current-current interaction,which results in the addition of an effective potential,whose imaginary part describes particle transfer between superfluid and normal fluid.Quantized vorticity arises in a class of singular solutions and the related vortex dynamics is incorporated in the modified NLKG,facilitating numerical analysis which is usually very complicated in the phenomenology of vortex filaments.The dual transformation to a string theory description(Kalb-Ramond)of quantum vorticity,the Magnus force,and the mutual friction between quantized vortices and normal fluid are also studied.
基金supported by the Hundred Talents Programof the Chinese Academy of Sciences,the Pre-Research Project JZX7Y20220414101801the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDB35000000)the National Natural Science Foundation Projects(No.51806231).
文摘Helium sorption cooler technology is a key means to realize highly reliable low-vibration very lowtemperature environments,which have important applications in fields such as quantum computing and space exploration.The laboratory designed a superfluid suppression small hole and a multi-ribbed condenser,developed a reliable-performance helium sorption cooler(HSC),and conducted experimental studies.Experimental results show that the prototype can achieve the lowest cooling temperature of 873 mK without load by filling 6MPa helium at room temperature.The low-temperature hold time is 26 h,and the temperature fluctuation is within 0.8 mK.The cooling power of the helium sorption cooler is 1 mW@0.98 K@3.5 h.Experimental results indicate that when the charging pressure is reduced to 4MPa,theminimum temperature decreases to 836mK,and the hold time shortens to 16 h.When the pre-cooling temperature increases from 3.9 to 4.9 K,the hold time is reduced to 3 h.
基金supported by the Scientific research projects of Hunan Provincial Department of Education(Grant Nos.22A0477 and 20B273)。
文摘We aim to find one highly nontrivial example of the solutions to the vortex fluid dynamical equation on the unit sphere(S^(2))and compare it with the numerical simulation.Since the rigid rotating steady solution for vortex fluids on S^(2)is already known to us,we consider the perturbations above it.After decomposing the perturbation of the vortex number density and vortex charge density into spherical harmonics,we find that the perturbations are propagating waves.To be precise,the velocities for different single-mode vortex number density waves are all the same,while the velocities for single-mode vortex charge density waves depend on the degree of the spherical harmonics l,which is a signal of the existence of dispersion.Meanwhile,we find that there is a beat phenomenon for the positive(or negative)vortex density wave.Numerical simulation based on the canonical equations for the point vortex model agrees perfectly with our theoretical calculations.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11965013)supported by Yunnan High-level Talent Training Support Plan Young&Elite Talents Project(Grant No.YNWR-QNBJ-2018-181)。
文摘In this work,the phase structure of a holographic s+d model with quartic potential terms from 4D Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet gravity is studied in the probe limit.We first show the qd-μphase diagram with a very small value of the Gauss–Bonnet coefficientα=1×10-7and in the absence of the quartic terms to locate the suitable choice of the value of qd,where the system admits coexistent s+d solutions.Then we consider the various values of the Gauss–Bonnet coefficientαand present theα-μphase diagram to show the influence of the Gauss–Bonnet term on the phase structure.We also give an example of the re-entrant phase transition which is also realized in the holographic s+s and s+p models.After that we confirm the universality of the influence of the quartic term with coefficientλdon the d-wave solutions,which is similar to the case of s-wave and p-wave solutions previously studied in the s+p model.Finally we give the dependence of the special values of the quartic term coefficientλdon the Gauss–Bonnet coefficientα,below which the d-wave condensate grows to an opposite direction at the(quasi-)critical point,which is useful in realizing first order phase transitions in further studies of the holographic d-wave superfluids.
基金financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No.2024YFA1409001)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants Nos.12374037 and 12204044)+1 种基金the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No.XDB28000000)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities。
文摘We theoretically explore a non-Hermitian superfluid model with complex-valued interaction, inspired by two-body loss stemming from inelastic scattering observed in ultracold atomic experiments. Utilizing both the right-eigenstate-based mean-field theory and its biorthogonal counterpart, we study the properties of the system. Notably, the right-eigenstate-based framework produces smooth and continuous solutions, in stark contrast to the absence of nontrivial solutions and the abrupt discontinuities observed in the biorthogonal-eigenstatebased framework under moderate dissipation. In addition, the lower condensation energy obtained in the former framework suggests its superior suitability for describing this system. Furthermore, we explore the impact of backscattering, a crucial factor in realistic systems. Our analysis reveals that, facilitated by two-body loss, even moderate backscattering destabilizes the superfluid state. Sufficiently strong backscattering completely destroys it, highlighting a key mechanism for the fragility of this non-Hermitian quantum phase.
文摘By using a mean-field approximation which describes the coupled oscillations of condensate and noncondensate atoms in the collisionless regime, Landau damping in a dilute dipolar Bose-Fermi mixture in the BEC limit where Fermi superfluid is treated as tightly bounded molecules, is investigated. In the case of a uniform quasi-two-dimensional (2D) case, the results for the Landau damping due to the Bose-Fermi interaction are obtained at low and high temperatures. It is shown that at low temperatures, the Landau damping rate is exponentially suppressed. By increasing the strength of dipolar interaction, and the energy of boson quasiparticles, Landau damping is suppressed over a broader temperature range.
文摘Recent astronomical observations of high redshift quasars, dark matter-dominated galaxies, mergers of neutron stars, glitch phenomena in pulsars, cosmic microwave background and experimental data from hadronic colliders do not rule out, but they even support the hypothesis that the energy-density in our universe most likely is upper-limited by <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><i>p<sub>max</sub><sup style="margin-left:-25px;">uni</sup></i> </span>which is predicted to lie between 2 to 3 the nuclear density <em>p</em><sub>0</sub>. Quantum fluids in the cores of massive NSs with <em>p </em><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">≈</span><i> <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><i>p<sub>max</sub><sup style="margin-left:-25px;">uni</sup></i> </span></i><span style="white-space:nowrap;">e</span>a</span>ch the maximum compressibility state, where they become insensitive to further compression by the embedding spacetime and undergo a phase transition into the purely incompressible gluon-quark superfluid state. A direct correspondence between the positive energy stored in the embedding spacetime and the degree of compressibility and superfluidity of the trapped matter is proposed. In this paper relevant observational signatures that support the maximum density hypothesis are reviewed, a possible origin of <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><i>p<sub>max</sub><sup style="margin-left:-25px;">uni</sup></i> </span>i<span style="white-space:nowrap;">s pr</span>oposed and finally the consequences of this scenario on the spacetime’s topology of the universe as well as on the mechanisms underlying the growth rate and power of the high redshift QSOs are discussed.
文摘The Accelerator Driven Sub-critical(ADS)system is a strategic plan to solve the nuclear waste problem for nuclear power plants in China.High-energy particle accelerators and colliders contain long strings of superconducting devices,superconducting radio frequency cavities,and magnets,which may require cooling by 2 K superfluid helium(HeliumⅡ).2 K superfluid helium cryogenic system has become a research hot spot in the field of superconducting accelerators.In this study,the ADS Injector-I 2 K cryogenic system is examined in detail.The cryogenic system scheme design,key equipment,and technology design,such as the 2 K Joule–Thomson(J–T)heat exchanger and cryomodules CM1+CM2 design,are examined,in addition to the commissioning and operation of the cryogenic system.The ADS Injector-I 2 K cryogenic system is the first 100 W superfluid helium system designed and built independently in China.The ADS proton beam reached 10 Me V at 10 m A in July 2016 and 10 Me V at 2 m A in continuous mode in January 2017 and has been operated reliably for over 15,000 h,proving that the design of ADS Injector-I 2 K cryogenic system,the key equipment,and technology research are reasonable,reliable,and meet the requirements.The research into key technologies provides valuable engineering experience that can be helpful for future projects such as CI-ADS(China Initiative Accelerator-Driven System),SHINE(Shanghai High Repetition Rate XFEL and Extreme Light Facility),PAPS(Platform of Advanced Photon Source Technology),and CEPC(Circular Electron-Positron Collider),thereby developing national expertise in the field of superfluid helium cryogenic systems.
文摘A helium cryogenic system is designed by the Institute of Modern Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,to supply different cooling powers to the cryomodules of ion-Linac(iLinac)accelerator,which serves as the injector of the High Intensity Heavy-Ion Accelerator Facility project.The iLinac is a superconducting heavy-ion accelerator approximately 100 m long and contains 13 cryomodules cooled by superfluid helium.This article describes the cryogenic system design of the iLinac accelerator.The requirements of the cryogenic system,such as cooling mode,refrigeration temperature,operating pressure and pressure stability,are introduced and described in detail.In addition,heat loads from different sources are analyzed and calculated quantitatively.An equivalent cooling capacity of 10 kW at 4.5 K was determined for the cryogenic system according to the total heat load.Furthermore,a system process design was conducted and analyzed in detail.Further,the system layout and the main equipment are presented.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11764039,11475027,11865014,11305132,and 11274255)the Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province,China(Grant No.17JR5RA076)the Scientific Research Project of Gansu Higher Education,China(Grant No.2016A-005)
文摘We theoretically investigate the periodically modulated interaction effect on the propagation properties of a traveling plane wave in a Bose–Einstein condensate(BEC) trapped in a deep annular lattice with local defects both analytically and numerically. By using the two-mode ansatz and the tight-binding approximation, a critical condition for the system preserving the superfluidity is obtained analytically and confirmed numerically. We find that the coupled effects of periodic modulated atomic interactions, the quasi-momentum of the plane wave, and the defect can control the superfluidity of the system. Particularly, when we consider the periodic modulation in the system with single defect, the critical condition for the system entering the superfluid regime depends on both the defect and the momentum of the plane wave. This is different from the case for the system without the periodic modulation, where the critical condition is only determined by the defect. The modulation and quasi-momentum of the plane wave can enhance the system entering the superfluid regime. Interestingly, when the modulated amplitude/frequency, the defect strength, and the quasi-momentum of the plane wave satisfy a certain condition, the system will always be in the superfluid region. This engineering provides a possible means for studying the periodic modulation effect on propagation properties and the corresponding dynamics of BECs in disordered optical lattices.
文摘For a Bose-condensed gas in a combined potential consisting of an axially-symmetric harmonic magnetic trap and one-dimensional (1D) optical lattice, using the mean-field Gross-Pitaevskii (G-P) equation and the propagator method, we obtain the analytical result of the order parameter for matter wave interference at any time. The evolution of the interference pattern under a variation of the relative phase △Ф between successive subcondensates trapped on an optical lattices is also studied. For △Ф=π, the interference pattern is symmetric with two sharp peaks, which are symmetrically located on a straight line on both sides of a vacant central peak and moving apart from each other. This work is in agreement with available experimental results.
文摘In this paper, the obtained experimental results concerning creation of bulk elementary excitations (BEEs) in isotopically pure liquid ^4He at low temperatures -60 mK are discussed. Positive rotons' (R^+-rotons) creation by a pulsed heater was studied. Signals were recorded for the following quantum processes: quantum evaporation of ^4He-atoms from the free liquid-helium surface by the BEEs of the liquid helium-Ⅱ, and BEEs reflection from the free surface back into the bulk liquid. Typical signals are shown, and ratios of signal amplitudes are evaluated. For long heater pulses from 5 to 10 μs, appearance of the second atomic cloud consisting of evaporated ^4He-atoms was observed in addition to the first atomic cloud. It is thought that the first atomic cloud of the evaporated helium atoms consists of very fast ^4He-atoms with energies ~35 K evaporated by positive rotons with the special energies ~17 K (~2ER~2×8.6 K with ER representing the roton minimum energy) corresponding to the third non-dispersive Zakharenko wave. The second cloud of slower ^4He-atoms was created by surface elementary excitations (SEEs or ripplons) possessing the special energies ~7.15 K representing the binding energy. It was assumed that such SEEs can be created by phonons incoming to the liquid surface with special energies ~6.2 K corresponding to the first non-dispersive Zakharenko wave which can interact at the liquid surface with the same phonons already reflected from the surface for long heater pulses. Also, some pulsed-heater characteristics were studied in order to better understand the features of such heaters in low temperature experiments.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 10975114 and 10774120the Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province of China under Grant No. 1010RJZA012+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Northwest Normal University of China under Grant No. NWNU-KJCXGC-03-48the Youthy Teacher Scientific Research Foundation of Northwest Normal University of China under Grant No. NWNU-LKQN-09-10
文摘We study the tunnelling dynamics of superfluid Fermi gases trapped in multi-well system along the BEC-BCS crossover. Within the hydrodynamical model and by using the multi-mode approximation, the self-trapping dynamics of superfluid Fermi gases in multi-well system are obtained numerically. We find that the self-trapping to diffusion transition strongly depends on the well number. When the well number is less than three, the self-trapped state takes place easier on the BEC side than that on the BCS side. However, when the well number is larger than three, the self-trapped state takes place easier on the BCS side instead of the BEC side. Furthermore, by considering a superfluid of 40K atoms, we obtain the zero-mode and π-mode Josephson frequencies of coherent atomic oscillations in double-well system. It is noteworthy that the Josephson mode, especially, the existence of π-mode frequency strongly depends on the atoms number on the BCS side.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11804213)the Scientific Research Program Funded by Shaanxi Provincial Education Department(Grant No.20JK0573)+1 种基金the Scientific Research Foundation of Shaanxi University of Technology(Grant No.SLGRCQD2006)the Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi(Grant No.2021JQ-748)。
文摘We consider the superconducting properties of Lieb lattice, which produces a flat-band energy spectrum in the normal state under the strong electron–electron correlation. Firstly, we show the hole-doping dependent superconducting order amplitude with various electron–electron interaction strengths in the zero-temperature limit. Secondly, we obtain the superfluid weight and Berezinskii–Kosterlitz–Thouless(BKT) transition temperature with a lightly doping level. The large ratio between the gap-opening temperature and BKT transition temperature shows similar behavior to the pseudogap state in high-T_(c) superconductors. The BKT transition temperature versus doping level exhibits a dome-like shape in resemblance to the superconducting dome observed in the high-T_(c) superconductors. However, unlike the exponential dependence of T_(c) on the electron–electron interaction strength in the conventional high-T_(c) superconductors, the BKT transition temperature for a flat band system depends linearly on the electron–electron interaction strength. We also show the doping-dependent superconductivity on a lattice with the staggered hoping parameter in the end. Our predictions are amenable to verification in the ultracold atoms experiment and promote the understanding of the anomalous behavior of the superfluid weight in the high-T_(c) superconductors.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 10675024, 11075063the National Fundamental Fund project Subsidy Funds of Personnel Training J0730311
文摘In the framework of the relativistic mean field theory (RMFT), the relativistic energy losses of the direct Urea processes with hyperons (Y-DURCA ) for reactions A → p + e + υe and ≡^-→ A+e+υe are studied in neutron stars. We calculate the energy gap of A hyperons and investigate the effects of the ^1S0 superfluidity (SF) of A hyperons on the Y-DURCA processes. The calculated results are in line with the recent experimental data △ BAA ~ 1.01 ±0.20-0.11^+0.18 MeV. The results indicate that the ^1S0 SF of A hyperons exists in most density ranges of happening the two reactions. The theoretical cooling curves are in agreement with observation data.
文摘In this article we modify our previous model for the mechanisms underlying the glitch phenomena in pulsars. Accordingly, pulsars are born with embryonic cores that are made of purely incompressible superconducting gluon-quark superfluid (henceforth SuSu-cores). As the ambient medium cools and spins down due to emission of magnetic dipole radiation, the mass and size of SuSu-cores must grow discretely with time, in accordance with the Onsager-Feynmann analysis of superfluidity. Here we argue that the spacetime embedding glitching pulsars is dynamical and of bimetric nature: inside SuSu-cores the spacetime must be flat, whereas the surrounding region, where the matter is compressible and dissipative, the spacetime is Schwarzschild. It is argued here that the topological change of spacetime is derived by the strong nuclear force, whose operating length scales are found to increase with time to reach O (1) cm at the end of the luminous lifetimes of pulsars. The here-presented model is in line with the recent radio- and gravitational wave observations of pulsars and merger of neutron stars.
文摘The Crab and Vela are well-studied glitching pulsars and the data obtained so far should enable us to test the reliability of models of their internal structures. Very recently it was proposed that glitching pulsars are embedded in bimetric spacetime: their incompressible superfluid cores (SuSu-cores) are embedded in flat spacetime, whereas the ambient compressible and dissipative media are enclosed in Schwarzschild spacetime. In this letter we apply this model to the Crab and Vela pulsars and show that a newly born pulsar initially of and an embryonic SuSu-core of could evolve into a Crab-like pulsar after 1000 years and into a Vela-like pulsar 10,000 years later to finally fade away as an invisible dark energy object after roughly 10 Myr. Based thereon we infer that the Crab and the Vela pulsars should have SuSu-cores of and , respectively. Furthermore, the under- and overshootings phenomena observed to accompany the glitch events of the Vela pulsar are rather a common phenomenon of glitching pulsars that can be well-explained within the framework of bimetric spacetime.