Cooling neutron star in the Cassiopeia~A supernova remnant: Evidence for superfluidity in the core — mentioned by biswaroop

Fri, 09 Oct 2015 15:11:46 GMT

Superfluidity is briefly mentioned in the article, but it's a quantum effect that's visible in very large systems. A system exhibits zero viscosity when its particles condense into a single quantum mechanical state. Superconductivity is an instance of this, where electrons pair up and flow without resistance. Buckets of liquid helium show superfluidity. [1] Labs cool blobs of alkali gas to superfluidity. [2] Entire cores of neutron stars are superfluid. [3] There's even a theory of quantum gravity where physical vacuum is a superfluid. [4] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z6UJbwxBZI [2]…

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Cooling neutron star in the Cassiopeia~A supernova remnant: Evidence for superfluidity in the core — mentioned by biswaroop