Interesting Engineering on MSN11 天
ODIN device to allow scientists to detect low-mass dark matter using superfluid helium
Currently, dark matter detection requires specialized laboratories with costly equipment. ODIN, which combines principles of ...
EurekAlert!3 年
Slowing Down Superfluid Helium (3 of 6) (IMAGE)
A schematic of the flow geometry with helium-4 flowing through a nanopore and ... Critical flow and dissipation in a quasi-one-dimensional superfluid.' ...
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First-of-Its-Kind 'Quantum Tornado' Achieves Record-Breaking Black Hole Mimicry
Švančara and his colleagues, however, wanted to take this a step further – with superfluid helium. This is an isotope of helium – helium-4 – that has been cooled to -271 degrees Celsius ...
Phys.org12 天
Physicists propose a quantum–optomechanical solution to dark-matter detection
The proposed quantum detector builds on EQUS studies of elementary excitations in superfluid helium and advances in opto-mechanics. Led by EQUS Research Fellow Dr. Chris Baker (UQ), study proposes ...