Published September 30, 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

Superfluidity in clusters of p-H2 molecules

  • 1. Laboratoire de Physique Theorique des Liquides, Universite Pierre et Matie Curie, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris CEDEX 05 (France)
  • 2. National Center for Supercomputer Applications, Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois (USA)
  • 3. Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

Description

Path-integral Monte Carlo calculations have been used to study small clusters of H2 molecules at low temperatures. Below about 2 K, clusters of 13 and 18 molecules exhibit manifestations of superfluid behavior. However, exchange permutation of molecules is greatly suppressed in a cluster of 33 molecules, even at 1 K

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
67
Journal Issue
14
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
1871-1874
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
23010518
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Descriptors DEI
BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; HYDROGEN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SUPERFLUIDITY
Descriptors DEC
ELEMENTS; NONMETALS