  Topological defects arise in a variety of systems, e.g. vortices in
superfluid helium to cosmic strings in the early universe. There is an indirect
evidence of neutron superfluid vortices from glitches in pulsars. One also
expects that topological defects may arise in various high baryon density
phases of quantum chromodynamics (QCD), e.g. superfluid topological vortices in
the color flavor locked (CFL) phase. Though vastly different in energy/length
scales, there are universal features, e.g. in the formation of all these
defects. Utilizing this universality, we investigate the possibility of
detecting these topological superfluid vortices in laboratory experiments,
namely heavy-ion collisions. Using hydrodynamic simulations, we show that
vortices can qualitatively affect the power spectrum of flow fluctuations. This
can give unambiguous signal for superfluid transition resulting in vortices,
allowing for check of defect formation theories in a relativistic quantum field
theory system, and the detection of superfluid phases of QCD. Detection of
nucleonic superfluid vortices in low energy heavy-ion collisions will give
opportunity for laboratory controlled study of their properties, providing
crucial inputs for the physics of pulsars.
