Ring exchanges and the supersolid phase of 4He.
Using path integral Monte Carlo simulations we calculate exchange frequencies in bulk hcp 4He as atoms undergo ring exchange. We fit the frequencies to a lattice model and examine whether such atoms could become a supersolid, that is, have a nonclassical rotational inertia. We find that the scaling with respect to the number of exchanging atoms is such that superfluid behavior will not be observed in a perfect 4He crystal.
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Department of Physics and NCSA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA. ceperley@uiuc.edu
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