A theory first applied to phase transitions in the early Universe and then to defects in superfluid helium can now account for a wider variety of systems. Read More »
Trapping a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) in an optical lattice, researchers confirm a 53-year-old theory that connects BECs to superfluids and supersolids. Read More »
Researchers have created vortex-free helium nanodroplets that contain more helium atoms than previous droplets of this type, allowing the system to be used in a wider range of studies. Read More »
A camera that can capture the internal structure of superfluid helium-3 will improve our understanding of the turbulent motion of quantum fluids. Read More »
Researchers have created a disk-shaped supersolid, an achievement that could provide new routes to exploring previously unseen states of matter. Read More »
Confining helium-3 in an aerogel container and subjecting it to a magnetic field reveals a long-predicted superfluid phase. Read More »
Researchers have turned light into a superfluid by using a “synthetic” dimension, which is created by using temporal degrees of freedom to mimic spatial degrees of freedom. Read More »
A scheme that proves the superfluidity of a layer of helium-4 on graphite holds promise for demonstrating that the layer may also be a supersolid. Read More »
Researchers demonstrate that they can suppress the formation of defects that appear in superfluid helium-3 when it undergoes a continuous phase transition, allowing them to influence the form of the system’s final phase. Read More »
Animations illustrate various behaviors of the interface between two oppositely moving superfluids. Read More »
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