Energetics and possible formation and decay mechanisms of vortices in helium nanodroplets
Energetics and possible formation and decay mechanisms of vortices in helium nanodroplets
The energy and angular momentum of both straight and curved vortex states of a helium nanodroplet are examined as a function of droplet size. For droplets in the size range of many experiments, it is found that during the pickup of heavy solutes, a significant fraction of events deposit sufficient …