Publication Type |
Manuscript |
School or College |
College of Science |
Department |
Physics |
Creator |
Wu, Yong-Shi |
Other Author |
Zhai, Hui |
Title |
Wave function describing superfluidity in a perfect crystal |
Date |
2005-07-01 |
Description |
We propose a many-body wave function that exhibits both diagonal and off-diagonal long-range order. Incorporating short-range correlations due to interatomic repulsion, this wave function is shown to allow condensation of zero-point lattice vibrations and phase rigidity. In the presence of an external velocity field, such a perfect crystal will develop non-classical rotational inertia, exhibiting the supersolid behavior. In a sample calculation we show that the superfluid fraction in this state can be as large as of order 0.01 in a reasonable range of microscopic parameters. The relevance to the recent experimental evidence of a supersolid state by Chan and Kim is discussed. |
Type |
Text |
Publisher |
Institute of Physics (IOP) |
Journal Title |
Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment |
Volume |
2005 |
Issue |
7 |
First Page |
P07003 |
Last Page |
P07003 |
DOI |
10.1088/1742-5468/2005/07/P07003 |
citatation_issn |
1742-5468 |
Language |
eng |
Bibliographic Citation |
Zhai, H., & Wu, Y.-S. (2005). Wave function describing superfluidity in a perfect crystal. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, 7, 1-9. |
Rights Management |
(c) Institute of Physics (IOP) http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-5468/2005/07/P07003 |
Format Medium |
application/pdf |
Format Extent |
555,935 bytes |
Identifier |
ir-main,9415 |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6pz5t5f |
Setname |
ir_uspace |
ID |
704672 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pz5t5f |