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Two Definitions of Superfluid Density

Condensed Matter 2016-08-31 v1

Abstract

We point out that two different definitions of the superfluid density - through statistical response to static gauge phase and through dynamic response to altering gauge phase - yield, generally speaking, different quantities in d<3d<3. The physics leading to this difference is associated with the equilibrium statistics of supercurrent states. Some experimentally observable consequences of this fact are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9907203,
  title  = {Two Definitions of Superfluid Density},
  author = {N. V. Prokof'ev and B. V. Svistunov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9907203},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

Revtex, 3 pages, no figures; Submitted to Phys. Rev. B (Brief Reports)