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Observability of a Projected New State of Matter: a Metallic Superfluid
Physical Review Letters (2005)
  • Egor Babaev, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • Asle Sudbo
  • N. W. Ashcroft
Abstract
Dissipationless quantum states, such as superconductivity and superfluidity, have attracted interest for almost a century. A variety of systems exhibit these macroscopic quantum phenomena, ranging from superconducting electrons in metals to superfluid liquids, atomic vapours, and even large nuclei. It was recently suggested that liquid metallic hydrogen could form two new unusual dissipationless quantum states, namely the metallic superfluid and the superconducting superfluid. Liquid metallic hydrogen is projected to occur only at an extremely high pressure of about 400 GPa, while pressures on hydrogen of 320 GPa having already been reported. The issue to be adressed is if this state could be experimentally observable in principle. We propose four experimental probes for detecting it.
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Publication Date
July 26, 2005
Publisher Statement
This is the pre-published version harvested from arXiv. The published version is located at http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v95/i10/e105301
Citation Information
Egor Babaev, Asle Sudbo and N. W. Ashcroft. "Observability of a Projected New State of Matter: a Metallic Superfluid" Physical Review Letters Vol. 95 (2005)
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