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Turbulence in a quantum gas

The discovery of a cascade of sound waves across many wavelengths in an ultracold atomic gas advances our understanding of turbulence in fluids governed by quantum mechanics. See Letter p.72

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Figure 1: A turbulent cascade.

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Anderson, B. Turbulence in a quantum gas. Nature 539, 36–37 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/539036a

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