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The structure of large 3He-4He mixed drops around a dopant molecule

Marti Pi, Ricardo Mayol, Manuel Barranco

cond-matarXiv:cond-mat/9812158

Abstract

We have investigated how helium atoms are distributed within a mixed 3HeN3-4HeN4 large drop with N3 N4. For drops doped with a SF6 molecule or a Xe atom, we have found that the number of 3He atoms within the volume containing the first two solvation shells increases when N4 decreases in a way such that these dopants may be in a superfluid environment for N4 ≥ 60, which gradually disappears as N4 decreases. The result is in qualitative agreement with recent experimental data.

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