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Quantum fluid instability produces eccentric skyrmions

16 Sep 2025 Isabelle Dumé
The swirling patterns in Vincent van Gogh’s “The Starry Night”
Quantum turbulence The swirling patterns in Vincent van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” can help us visualize the quantum Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI). The central spiral and surrounding stars and moon resemble the vortices formed where two fluids meet. Van Gogh’s iconic crescent may even hint at the crescent-shaped skyrmions seen in quantum KHI. (Courtesy: Public Domain)
Physicists at Osaka Metropolitan University in Japan and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and

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