The Quantum Potential: The Missing Interaction in the Density Maximum of He4 at the Lambda Point
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 6, December 2013
Pages:
122-131
Received:
21 November 2013
Published:
10 December 2013
Abstract: The lambda point in liquid He4 is a well established phenomenon acknowledged as an example of Bose-Einstain condensation. This is generally accepted, but there are serious discrepancies between the theory and experimental results, namely the lower value of the transition temperature T and the negative value of dT /dP. These discrepancies can be explained in term of the quantum stochastic hydrodynamic analogy (SQHA). The SQHA shows that at the He4IHe4II superfluid transition the quantum coherence length c becomes of order of the distance up to which the wave function of a couple of He4 atoms extends itself. In this case, the He42 state is quantum and the quantum pseudo-potential brings a repulsive interaction that leads to the negative dT /dP behavior. This fact overcomes the difficulty to explain the phenomenon by introducing a Hamiltonian inter-atomic repulsive potential that would obstacle the gas-liquid transition.
Abstract: The lambda point in liquid He4 is a well established phenomenon acknowledged as an example of Bose-Einstain condensation. This is generally accepted, but there are serious discrepancies between the theory and experimental results, namely the lower value of the transition temperature T and the negative value of dT /dP. These discrepancies can be e...
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