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Title	String theory in the bathtub
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Author(s)	Nicolis, Alberto (speaker) (Columbia University)
Corporate author(s)	CERN. Geneva
Imprint	2014-06-18. - Streaming video.
Series	(TH Theoretical Seminar)
Lecture note	on 2014-06-18T14:00:00
Subject category	TH Theoretical Seminar
Abstract	I will describe a recently developed effective field theory for vortex lines and their interaction with sound, for superfluids as well as ordinary fluids. The presence of the surrounding medium makes their dynamics dramatically different from those of ordinary string-like objects propagating in empty space, leading to quite peculiar phenomena, observed in experiments and simulations. I will argue that the effective theory provides an optimal theoretical framework to understand such phenomena, and to make precise quantitative predictions about them.
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Submitted by	andreas.weiler@cern.ch