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Boson-boson mixtures and triplet correlations

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States)
The hypernetted-chain formalism for boson-boson mixtures described by an extended Jastrow correlated wave function is derived, taking into account elementary diagrams and triplet correlations. The energy of an ideal boson /sup 3/He-/sup 4/He mixture is computed for low values of the /sup 3/He concentration. The zero-/sup 3/He-concentration limit provides a /sup 3/He chemical potential in good agreement with the experimental value, when a McMillan two-body correlation factor and the Lennard-Jones potential are adopted. If the Euler equations for the two-body correlation factors are solved in presence of triplet correlations, the agreement is again improved. At the experimental /sup 4/He equilibrium density, the /sup 3/He chemical potential turns out to be -2.58 K, to be compared with the experimental value, -2.79 K.
Research Organization:
Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Universita di Pisa and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, Italy
OSTI ID:
6217259
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States) Vol. 30:3; ISSN PRBMD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English