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Phys. Rev. B 18, 1165–1176 (1978)

Two possible types of superfluidity in crystals

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Mario Liu*
Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974

Received 1 September 1977; published in the issue dated 1 August 1978

Using a modified procedure to derive hydrodynamics, it is shown from symmetry considerations that a superfluid velocity v⃗s which is invariant under a Galilean transformation will be driven by the temperature: vs+(kB/m)T=0. A crystal with such a velocity is able to sustain a persistent entropy flux rather than a mass current and has a propagating mode connected to temperature fluctuations. On the other hand, only a crystal with a v⃗s which behaves like a true velocity under a Galilean transformation, will be able to sustain a persistent mass current and have vacancy propagation as its Goldstone mode. This spectrum differs, however, from that given by previous authors.

© 1978 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.18.1165
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10.1103/PhysRevB.18.1165
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*On leave from the Technical University of Munich, West Germany.