Absence of Off-Diagonal Long-Range Order in hcp 4He Dislocation Cores

Autor(es)

de Koning, Maurice ; Cai, Wei ; Cazorla, Claudio ; Boronat, Jordi

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Physical Review Letters; v. 130, n. 1, p. 6-pg., 2023-01-06.

Resumo

The mass transport properties along dislocation cores in hcp 4He are revisited by considering two types of edge dislocations as well as a screw dislocation, using a fully correlated quantum simulation approach. Specifically, we employ the zero-temperature path-integral ground state (PIGS) method together with ergodic sampling of the permutation space to investigate the fundamental dislocation core structures and their off-diagonal long-range order properties. It is found that the Bose-Einstein condensate fraction of such defective 4He systems is practically null (<= 10-6), just as in the bulk defect-free crystal. These results provide compelling evidence for the absence of intrinsic superfluidity in dislocation cores in hcp 4He and challenge the superfluid dislocation-network interpretation of the mass-flux-experiment observations, calling for further experimental investigation. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 16/23891-6 - Modelagem computacional da matéria condensada
• Beneficiário: Alex Antonelli
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático
• Processo FAPESP: 13/08293-7 - CECC - Centro de Engenharia e Ciências Computacionais
• Beneficiário: Munir Salomao Skaf
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Centros de Pesquisa, Inovação e Difusão - CEPIDs