(4)He Thermophysical Properties: New Ab Initio Calculations.
Since 2000, atomic physicists have reduced the uncertainty of the helium-helium "ab initio" potential; for example, from approximately 0.6 % to 0.1 % at 4 bohr, and from 0.8 % to 0.1 % at 5.6 bohr. These results led us to: (1) construct a new inter-atomic potential ϕ 07, (2) recalculate values of the second virial coefficient, the viscosity, and the thermal conductivity of (4)He from 1 K to 10,000 K, and (3), analyze the uncertainties of the thermophysical properties that propagate from the uncertainty of ϕ 07 and from the Born-Oppenheimer approximation of the electron-nucleon quantum mechanical system. We correct minor errors in a previous publication [J. J. Hurly and M. R. Moldover, J. Res. Nat. Inst. Standards Technol. 105, 667 (2000)] and compare our results with selected data published after 2000. The ab initio results tabulated here can serve as standards for the measurement of thermophysical properties.
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8360.
John J
JJ
Hurly
K T Consulting, Inc., P.O. Box 307, Orcas, WA 98280.
James B
JB
Mehl
helium; second virial; theoretical interatomic potential; thermal conductivity; thermophysical standards; transport properties; viscosity