Vortex Loops Could Untie Knotty Physics Problems
Monday, March 4, 2013 - 14:00
in Physics & Chemistry
University of Chicago physicists have succeeding in creating a vortex knot--a feat akin to tying a smoke ring into a knot. Linked and knotted vortex loops have existed in theory for more than a century, but creating them in the laboratory had previously eluded scientists.