Self-Consistent Model of Roton Cluster Excitations in Liquid Helium II
Statistical Mechanics
2007-05-23 v1 Soft Condensed Matter
Abstract
We have proposed a model of roton cluster excitations in liquid helium~II based on a Schr\"odinger-type equation with a self-consistent confining potential. We have derived an equation for the number of atoms in roton excitations, which can be treated as quantum solitons, depending on vibrational quantum numbers. It is shown that the smallest roton cluster is in the symmetric vibrational quantum state and consists of 13 helium atoms. We have also used a modified Born approximation to calculate the -scattering length for helium atoms. This allows us to calculate all parameters of Landau's roton excitation spectrum, in agreement to high accuracy with experimental measurements from neutron scattering.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0605442,
title = {Self-Consistent Model of Roton Cluster Excitations in Liquid Helium II},
author = {V. I. Kruglov and M. J. Collett},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0605442},
year = {2007}
}
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