MICROSCOPIC THEORY OF THE HELIUM LIQUIDS - PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

Authors
KROTSCHECK E
Citation
E. Krotscheck, MICROSCOPIC THEORY OF THE HELIUM LIQUIDS - PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, Journal of low temperature physics, 113(3-4), 1998, pp. 509-518
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Journal of low temperature physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222291
Volume
113
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
509 - 518
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2291(1998)113:3-4<509:MTOTHL>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
This review discusses first our present microscopic understanding of t he neutral quantum liquids He-4 and He-3. Quantum liquids in non-unifo rm geometries such as adsorbed or free films and clusters lead, due to symmetry breaking, to a number of new and interesting effects and, th us, to new experimental possibilities and theoretical challenges. Fina lly, we highlight some open problems where new microscopic techniques will be needed.