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Superfluid helium

Statistical Mechanics 2026-08-05 v1 Mathematical Physics

Abstract

We are interested in modelling superfluid helium-4, the common isotope of helium, of atomic number 4. We present a mathematically solvable toy model of the phase transition between the normal liquid and superfluid phases and use it to show how an order parameter might be obtained for the superfluid.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2608.05354,
  title  = {Superfluid helium},
  author = {Charles Radin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2608.05354},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

12 pages, 7 figures