Publication : t08/029
Quantum plasticity and dislocation-induced supersolidity
Bouchaud J.-P. (Science & Finance, Capital Fund Management 6 Bld Haussmann, F-75009 Paris, France)Biroli G. (CEA, IPhT (Institut de Physique Théorique), F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France)
Abstract:Année de publication : 2008
We suggest that below a certain temperature T_k, the free energy for the creation of kinks-antikinks pairs in the dislocation network of solid He4 becomes negative. The underlying physical mechanism is the related liberation of vacancies which initiate Feynman's permutation cycles in the bulk. Consequently, dislocations should wander and sweep an increasingly larger volume at low temperatures. This phenomenon should lead both to a stiffening of the solid below T_k and to the appearance of a non zero superfluid fraction at a second temperature T_c < T_k.
Revue : C.R. Physique 9 1067-1075 (2008)
DOI : 10.1016/j.crhy.2008.11.001
Preprint : arXiv:0710.3087
Langue : Anglais
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