kth.sePublications KTH
Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Geometry fluctuations and topological defects of chiral superfluids on a flexible substrate
Nordita SU, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Branch, Hefei National Laboratory, Shanghai, China.
2025 (English)In: Communications Physics, E-ISSN 2399-3650, Vol. 8, no 1, article id 415Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The coupling of chiral superfluids to the geometry of their supporting surface leads to unexpected geometric induction effects. Yet, the influence of thermal fluctuations of this geometry remains largely unexplored. Here, we show that such fluctuations have significant consequences even in nearly flat substrates. Using the Ginzburg-Landau free energy for a chiral superfluid coupled to geometry, we find that shape fluctuations of the flexible substrate renormalize the vortex interaction strength. In the low-tension limit, this softens the interaction at large distances and lowers the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition temperature. Our renormalization-group analysis of a dual sine-Gordon theory shows that, conversely, chiral superfluid order can suppress surface fluctuations, leading to an extended phase diagram that links the superfluid transition to the crumpling transition of the substrate. These reveal thermodynamic signatures of chirality and geometry in the superfluid transition.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer Nature , 2025. Vol. 8, no 1, article id 415
National Category
Condensed Matter Physics Other Physics Topics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-372618DOI: 10.1038/s42005-025-02369-7ISI: 001603591900003Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105020245671OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-372618DiVA, id: diva2:2013433
Note

QC 20251113

Available from: 2025-11-13 Created: 2025-11-13 Last updated: 2025-11-13Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

No full text in DiVA

Other links

Publisher's full textScopus
In the same journal
Communications Physics
Condensed Matter PhysicsOther Physics Topics

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar

doi
urn-nbn

Altmetric score

doi
urn-nbn
Total: 17 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf