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JOURNAL OF LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS
Volume 156, Issue 3-6, Pages 268-278Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10909-009-9900-4
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Superfluid; Vortices; Turbulence; Particle-vortex interaction; Flow visualization
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A recent Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) experiment in He II counterflow around a cylindrical obstacle showed the existence of apparently stationary normal fluid eddies both downstream (at the rear) and upstream (in front) of the cylinder. This rather surprising result does not have an analogue in experimental observations of classical fluid flows. We suggest that a qualitative explanation for the apparent stability of such eddies can be provided entirely from the viewpoint of classical fluid dynamics. We also discuss a possible connection between the emergence of the normal fluid eddies and the polarization of the vortex tangle in superfluid.
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