Published May 2015 | Version v1
Journal article

Is solid helium a supersolid?

Description

Recent experiments suggest that helium-4 atoms can flow through an experimental cell filled with solid helium. But that incompletely understood flow is quite different from the reported superfluid-like motion that so excited physicists a decade ago

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Today
Journal Volume
68
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
vp.
ISSN
0031-9228
CODEN
PHTOAD

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46116373
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
ATOM TRANSPORT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HELIUM 4; SOLIDS; SUPERFLUIDITY
Descriptors DEC
DATA; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HELIUM ISOTOPES; INFORMATION; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NEUTRAL-PARTICLE TRANSPORT; NUCLEI; NUMERICAL DATA; RADIATION TRANSPORT; STABLE ISOTOPES

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