THEORY OF QUANTUM NUCLEATION OF BUBBLES IN LIQUID-HELIUM

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MARIS, HJ
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[1] Department of Physics, Brown University, Providence, 02912, Rhode Island
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10.1007/BF00752276
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We calculate the rate at which bubbles form by quantum tunneling in liquid helium-3 and helium-4 at negative pressure. We find that quantum tunneling should be observable at temperatures below about 0.1 K in helium-3 and 0.2 K in helium-4, and at pressures close to the critical negative pressure at which the liquid becomes unstable against long wavelength density fluctuations.
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