Path Integral Quantum Monte Carlo Study of Coupling and Proximity Effects in Superfluid Helium-4

When bulk helium-4 is cooled below T = 2.18 K, it undergoes a phase transition to a superfluid, characterized by a complex wave function with a macroscopic phase and exhibits inviscid, quantized flow. The macroscopic phase coherence can be probed in a container filled with helium-4, by reducing one...

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Main Author: Graves, Max
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: ScholarWorks @ UVM 2014
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Online Access:http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/299
http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1298&context=graddis