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Condensed state helium. / McClintock, Peter V. E.
In: Nature, Vol. 278, No. 5702, 22.03.1979, p. 378-378.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Book/Film/Article review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Condensed state helium.
AU - McClintock, Peter V. E.
N1 - Review of "The Physics of Liquid and Solid Helium. Part II", edited by K.H. Bennemann and J.B. Ketterson, pp. 750, Wiley, New York and Ohichester, 1978.
PY - 1979/3/22
Y1 - 1979/3/22
N2 - The helium atom probably comes closer than anu other to the miniature "billiard ball" of classical kinetic theory. One might expect, therefore, that the properties of liquid and solid helium would be exceptionally simple and even perhaps, rather dull. The reality is far otherwise, thanks mainly to the profound influence of quantum statistics on a collection of these small, rigid spheres. It plays a quite unparalleled influence on a variety of physical phenomena some of which, such as bulk superfluidity are unique on earth (although they may, perhaps, also manifest themselves within the nucleonic fluids In the interiors of dense stars).
AB - The helium atom probably comes closer than anu other to the miniature "billiard ball" of classical kinetic theory. One might expect, therefore, that the properties of liquid and solid helium would be exceptionally simple and even perhaps, rather dull. The reality is far otherwise, thanks mainly to the profound influence of quantum statistics on a collection of these small, rigid spheres. It plays a quite unparalleled influence on a variety of physical phenomena some of which, such as bulk superfluidity are unique on earth (although they may, perhaps, also manifest themselves within the nucleonic fluids In the interiors of dense stars).
U2 - 10.1038/278378a0
DO - 10.1038/278378a0
M3 - Book/Film/Article review
VL - 278
SP - 378
EP - 378
JO - Nature
JF - Nature
SN - 0028-0836
IS - 5702
ER -