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arxiv: cond-mat/0505160 · v1 · submitted 2005-05-06 · ❄️ cond-mat.other

And quiet flows the supersolid {}⁴He

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keywords vortexsuperfluidatomatomicdensityfilamentshexagonalscale
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A superfluid having atomic scale superflow of a hexagonal lattice of vortex and antivortex filaments, described by a single macroscopic wave function is presented as a supersolid. As superfluid \he4 is pressurized, at a first order transition, rotons (atomic scale current circulation, a vortex loop) not only condense but also {\em expand and fuse into hexagonal or other complex superflow patterns}. The vortex core contains an excess density of non-condensate atoms. Further, a Kelvin (m = 0, necklace) mode condenses in the vortex filaments. It results in a 3D atom density wave of hcp symmetry. In our theory, superfluid phase stiffness, rather than atom localization, imitates a solid like rigidity.

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