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Superfluid films on a cylindrical surface

Journal Article · · J. Low Temp. Phys.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00683374· OSTI ID:5725767
Superfluid films adsorbed on a cylindrical surface are studied. The superfluid density is calculated using a modification of the Kosterlitz-Thouless theory. There is not vortex unbinding transition because the vortex interaction is linear on long length scales. Thus the superfluid areal density, defined in terms of the real part of a response function, is nonzero for all T < T/sub /lambda//. The superfluid density is anisotropic, differing for axial and azimuthal flows. Dissipation due to vortex motion is considered. The periodicity of the substrate leads to a zero frequency dissipation mechanism for flows in the axial direction.
Research Organization:
Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst (USA)
OSTI ID:
5725767
Journal Information:
J. Low Temp. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Low Temp. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 74:3-4; ISSN JLTPA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English