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Effective interactions, elementary excitations, and transport in the helium liquids

Conference ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1139/p87-215· OSTI ID:6750605
Polarization potentials, the self-consistent fields which describe the primary consequences of the strong atom-atom interaction in the helium liquids, are developed for liquid /sup 4/He and /sup 3/He. Emphasis is placed on the common physical origin of the effective interactions in all helium liquids, and the hierarchy of physical effects (very short-range atomic correlations, zero point motion, and the Pauli principle) which determine their strength is reviewed. An overview is then given of the application of polarization potential theory to experiment, including the phonon-maxon-roton spectra of /sup 4/He and /sup 3/He-/sup 4/He mixtures, the phonon-maxon spectrum of normal and spin-polarized /sup 3/He, and the transport properties of superfluid /sup 4/He and of normal and spin-polarized /sup 3/He.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA); Illinois Univ., Urbana (USA). Dept. of Physics
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
6750605
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-87-235; CONF-8610184-2; ON: DE87005097
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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