Energetics and possible formation and decay mechanisms of vortices in helium nanodroplets

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 22, 2003, Pages

  Lehmann, Kevin K ^a   Schmied, Roman ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

HELIUM;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ENERGY; KINETICS; LIQUID; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NANOPARTICLE; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY; VIBRATION;

EID: 0742270351     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.224520     Document Type: Article

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