Experimental evidence adds to the likelihood of the existence of supersolids, an exotic phase of matter
Friday, February 18, 2011 - 14:02
in Physics & Chemistry
Supersolids and superfluids rank among the most exotic of quantum mechanical phenomena. Superfluids can flow without any viscosity, and experience no friction as they flow along the walls of a container, because their atoms 'condense' into a highly coherent state of matter. Supersolids are also characterized by coherent effects, but between vacancies in a crystal lattice rather than between the solids atoms themselves.
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