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Vortices Play Leapfrog in Liquid Light ⚡ экспресс

Original: "Vortex leapfrogging and superfluid dissipation mechanisms in a fluid of light"
arXiv:2512.07935 · 2025-12-08 · CC BY 4.0 · ⏱ 1 min · Quantum Gases Fluid Dynamics Quantum Physics
In a fluid made of light, vortices leapfrog like children.
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Vortices can play leapfrog—and they do it not just in water, but in light! In a new experiment, quantum vortices jumped over each other in "liquid light." But if they're accelerated too much, the dance is destroyed by a shock wave. This is key to controlling motion in future quantum devices.

🎯 Feynman predicted vortex leapfrog while pondering the mysteries of turbulence, and it's only now been physically seen—in laser light.

🎬 Liquid light is almost like a lightsaber from science fiction, where energy becomes tangible.

Scientists
Jacob BekensteinStephen HawkingLudwig BoltzmannEdward WittenJuan MaldacenaGerard 't Hooft
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helium Water entropy
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second law of thermodynamicsBekenstein-Hawking entropyBoltzmann distributionfirst law of thermodynamicsAdS/CFT correspondenceholographic principle
Original: arXiv:2512.07935 · CC BY 4.0 · bridge42worlds