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Pressurized 4He in cylindrical and in hexagonal pores

Authors :
Luciano Reatto
Davide Emilio Galli
Maurizio Rossi
Publication Year :
2007
Publisher :
Springer, 2007.

Abstract

We give a variational Monte Carlo description at T = 0 K of 4He filling under pressure a porous glass within the shadow wave function technique. We have considered as confining media two different smooth pores, one with a circular cross-section of radius R = 13 A resembling a Gelsil pore, and the other with a hexagonal cross–section of side S = 14 A resembling a FSM-16 pore. In all the studied cases the density profiles show a strong layering of the 4He atoms. As the density is increased, solidification takes place layer by layer, starting from the pore wall. Computing the one-body density matrix we are able to estimate the Bose–Einstein condensate fraction, which is still non–zero even when the whole system is in the solid phase.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Accession number :
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