Quasi-stable configurations of torus vortex knots and links
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The dynamics of torus vortex configurations $V_{n,p,q}$ in a superfluid liquid at zero temperature ($n$ is the number of quantum vortices, $p$ is the number of turns of each filament around the symmetry axis of the torus, and $q$ is the number of turns of the filament around its central circle; radii $R_0$ and $r_0$ of the torus at the initial instant are much larger than vortex core width $\xi$) has been simulated numerically based on a regularized Biot-Savart law. The lifetime of vortex systems till the instant of their substantial deformation has been calculated with a small step in parameter $B_0=r_0/R_0$ for various values of parameter $\Lambda=\log(R_0/\xi)$. It turns out that for certain values of $n$, $p$, and $q$, there exist quasi-stability regions in the plane of parameters $(B_0,\Lambda)$, in which the vortices remain almost invariable during dozens and even hundreds of characteristic times.
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