Abstract
Swirling vortices have been directly observed in a flow of electric current for the first time. Unlike conventional viscous fluids, collective fluid-like behaviour in this case is not caused by particle-particle collisions, but results from a previously unidentified mechanism involving single electrons scattering from material surfaces at small angles.Flows of electrons have now been shown to contain swirling whirlpools like those found in viscous fluids - and physicists have been figuring out what caused them.
Original language | English |
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Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Nature |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 6 Jul 2022 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General