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Title: | Path Integral Monte Carlo Simulations of Helium: From Superfluid Droplets to Quantum Crystals |
Author(s): | Draeger, Erik Walter |
Doctoral Committee Chair(s): | Ceperley, David M. |
Department / Program: | Physics |
Discipline: | Physics |
Degree Granting Institution: | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Degree: | Ph.D. |
Genre: | Dissertation |
Subject(s): | Physics, Condensed Matter |
Abstract: | Finally, we have calculated the Deybe-Waller factor in solid helium for a range of temperatures and densities, and compared the scaling behavior with the predictions of harmonic theory. The first non-Gaussian contribution to the density distribution was calculated. |
Issue Date: | 2001 |
Type: | Text |
Language: | English |
Description: | 126 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/80468 |
Other Identifier(s): | (MiAaPQ)AAI3023044 |
Date Available in IDEALS: | 2015-09-25 |
Date Deposited: | 2001 |
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