Wetting of spherical surfaces by quantum fluids

E. Susana Hernández; M. W. Cole; Massimo Boninsegni

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Wetting of spherical surfaces by quantum fluids

E. Susana Hernández, M. W. Cole, Massimo Boninsegni

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We study adsorption of atoms and fluids on spherical surfaces and present results for helium on weak to moderately strong adsorbers such as Cs, Li and Mg. We investigate the growth of a helium film as a function of the number of atoms, by means of a finite range density functional theory. We identify a crossover between nonadsorption and weak adsorption as the sphere radius increases. Path Integral Monte Carlo simulations provide semiquantitative support to these predictions

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	309-314
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Volume	134
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/b:jolt.0000012571.21945.51
State	Published - Jan 2004

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Materials Science(all)
Condensed Matter Physics

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