X-ray laser probes tiny quantum tornadoes in superfluid droplets
Thursday, August 21, 2014 - 13:10
in Physics & Chemistry
An experiment at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory revealed a well-organized 3-D grid of quantum "tornadoes" inside microscopic droplets of supercooled liquid helium – the first time this formation has been seen at such a tiny scale.