Quantum nature of superfluid helium

AUG 01, 1971

The macroscopic behavior that we describe as “superfluidity” is traceable to the microscopic, quantum‐mechanical properties of liquid helium.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3022882

Seth J. Putterman

Isadore Rudnick

Low‐temperature physics owes its existence to liquid helium, the refrigerant that permits investigation of phenomena occurring at a few degrees Kelvin. But liquid helium is fascinating in its own right, and the goal of understanding its “superfluidity” below 2.17 K has stimulated both experimenters and theorists.

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More about the Authors

Seth J. Putterman. University of California, Los Angeles.

Isadore Rudnick. University of California, Los Angeles.