PATH-INTEGRAL STUDY OF THE HE-4 WETTING TRANSITION

Authors
BONINSEGNI M COLE MW
Citation
M. Boninsegni et Mw. Cole, PATH-INTEGRAL STUDY OF THE HE-4 WETTING TRANSITION, Journal of low temperature physics, 110(1-2), 1998, pp. 685-689
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Journal of low temperature physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222291
Volume
110
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
685 - 689
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2291(1998)110:1-2<685:PSOTHW>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The He-4 wetting transition on a Cs surface is for the first time stud ied by Path Integral Monte Carlo simulation. Numerical results for a s ystem of 64 He-4 atoms are qualitatively consistent with a wetting tra nsition at a temperature T similar to 2 K.