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Luttinger Liquid in the Core of Screw Dislocation in Helium-4

Other Condensed Matter 2009-11-13 v2

Abstract

On the basis of first-principle Monte Carlo simulations we find that the screw dislocation along the hexagonal axis of an hcp He4 crystal features a superfluid core. This is the first example of a regular quasi-one-dimensional supersolid, and one of the cleanest cases of a regular Luttinger-liquid system. In contrast, the same type of screw dislocation in solid Hydrogen is insulating.

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@article{arxiv.0705.2967,
  title  = {Luttinger Liquid in the Core of Screw Dislocation in Helium-4},
  author = {M. Boninsegni and A. B. Kuklov and L. Pollet and N. V. Prokof'ev and B. V. Svistunov and M. Troyer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.2967},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

replaced with revised version