Quantum undular bores, rainbows, and event horizons in superfluid dam breaks

arXiv:2609.32232 · cond-mat.quant-gas, gr-qc, math-ph, math.MP, nlin.PS, quant-ph · Submitted 2026-09-26 · Read on arXiv

cond-mat.quant-gas, gr-qc, math-ph, math.MP, nlin.PS, quant-ph

Submitted: 2026-09-26

Updated: 2026-09-26

Terminology

• Phase Transitions — 6× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Acoustic Black Holes — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Entanglement — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Initial Data — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Korteweg-de Vries — 2× in this paper
• Apparent Horizon — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Domain Walls — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Scaling Laws — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes

Sources

• Acoustic Black Holes in a Shock-Wave Exciton-Polariton Condensate
• Sonic black holes with thick horizons in BECs

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