2006/03/31 by Fabio Mezzacapo, Massimo Boninsegni
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.stat-mech
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.97.045301
published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 045301 (2006)
arxiv created 2006/07/27 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
Structural and superfluid properties of para-Hydrogen clusters of size up to N=40 molecules, are studied at low temperature (0.5 K < T < 4 K) by Path Integral Monte Carlo simulations. The superfluid fraction displays an interesting, non-monotonic behavior for 22 < N < 30. We interpret this dependence in terms of variations with N of the cluster structure. Superfluidity is observed at low T in clusters of as many as 27 molecules; in the temperature range considered here, quantum melting is observed in some clusters, which freeze at high temperature.