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The ground state of liquid helium-four

McMillan, William Lauchlin

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Title
The ground state of liquid helium-four
Author(s)
McMillan, William Lauchlin
Issue Date
1964
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Bardeen, John
Department of Study
Physics
Discipline
Physics
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
  • ground state of liquid helium
  • variational wave function
  • configuration space integrals
  • Monte Carlo
Language
en
Abstract
The properties of the ground state of liquid He-4 are studied using a variational wave function of the form TT f(rij)o The Lennard-Jones 12-6 potential with i
Type of Resource
text
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Copyright 1964 William Lauchlin McMillan

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