TY - JOUR
T1 - Thermal nucleation and cavitation in helium-3 fluids
AU - Zeng, X. C.
AU - Oxtoby, D. W.
AU - Cheng, E.
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PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - We have investigated droplet nucleation and bubble cavitation in the quantum fluid helium-3 based on a nonlocal density-functional approach. A marked effect of droplet (or bubble) curvature on the rate of droplet nucleation or cavitation has been found. Without considering this curvature effect (as in the classical theory of nucleation) the droplet nucleation rate for helium-3 could be underestimated (i.e., near 1 K) or overestimated (i.e., near 2.5 K) by orders of magnitude, respectively; for bubble cavitation, the rate could be underestimated by more than twenty orders of magnitude (near 1 K). © 1995 American Institute of Physics.
AB - We have investigated droplet nucleation and bubble cavitation in the quantum fluid helium-3 based on a nonlocal density-functional approach. A marked effect of droplet (or bubble) curvature on the rate of droplet nucleation or cavitation has been found. Without considering this curvature effect (as in the classical theory of nucleation) the droplet nucleation rate for helium-3 could be underestimated (i.e., near 1 K) or overestimated (i.e., near 2.5 K) by orders of magnitude, respectively; for bubble cavitation, the rate could be underestimated by more than twenty orders of magnitude (near 1 K). © 1995 American Institute of Physics.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.471027
DO - 10.1063/1.471027
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 0021-9606
VL - 104
SP - 3726
EP - 3731
JO - Journal of Chemical Physics
JF - Journal of Chemical Physics
IS - 10
ER -