News tagged with supersolid
Supersolid helium unlikely
(PhysOrg.com) -- Does helium-4 become a "supersolid" near absolute zero? What previous researchers thought might be a supersolid transition is better explained by changes in the solid's resistance to shearing, ...
May 17, 2011 |
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Shaking down frozen helium: In a 'supersolid' state, it has liquid-like characteristics
In a four-decade, Holy Grail-like quest to fully understand what it means to be in a "supersolid" state, physicists have found that supersolid isn't always super solid. In other words, this exotic state of frozen helium appears ...
May 12, 2011 |
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Experimental evidence adds to the likelihood of the existence of supersolids, an exotic phase of matter
Supersolids and superfluids rank among the most exotic of quantum mechanical phenomena. Superfluids can flow without any viscosity, and experience no friction as they flow along the walls of a container, because ...
Feb 18, 2011 |
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Frictionless supersolid a step closer
Superfluid mixtures of atoms can boil and freeze at ultra-low temperatures. This freezing can result in the formation of supersolids of atoms that can flow alongside each other without friction, but are still set in a fixed ...
Feb 14, 2010 |
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Frozen helium-4 may be an unusual 'superglass'
(PhysOrg.com) -- When helium is cooled to around 4 degrees above absolute zero, it turns liquid. Make it a couple of degrees cooler, and it becomes a "superfluid" that flows without resistance from its container, ...
May 01, 2009 |
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Simply Weird Stuff: Making Supersolids with Ultracold Gas Atoms
Physicists at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland have proposed a recipe for turning ultracold “boson” atoms—the ingredients ...
Jan 13, 2009 |
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