Variational study of 3He-4He mixtures

The ground-state properties of the 3He-4He mixture are investigated by assuming the wave function to be a product of pair correlations. The antisymmetry of the 3He component is taken into account by Fermi-hypernetted-chain techniques and the results are compared with those obtained from the lowest-o...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Fabrocini, A., Polls Martí, Artur
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:1982
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/9737
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/9737
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Superfluïdesa
Heli líquid
Superfluidity
Liquid helium
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Summary:The ground-state properties of the 3He-4He mixture are investigated by assuming the wave function to be a product of pair correlations. The antisymmetry of the 3He component is taken into account by Fermi-hypernetted-chain techniques and the results are compared with those obtained from the lowest-order Wu-Feenberg expansion and the boson-boson approximation. A little improvement is found in the 3He maximum solubility. A microscopic theory to calculate 3He static properties such as zero-concentration chemical potential and excess-volume parameter is derived and the results are compared with the experiments.