Thermal nucleation and cavitation in helium-3 fluids

X. C. Zeng; D. W. Oxtoby; E. Cheng

doi:10.1063/1.471027

Thermal nucleation and cavitation in helium-3 fluids

X. C. Zeng
, D. W. Oxtoby
, E. Cheng

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3726-3731
Journal	Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume	104
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.471027
Publication status	Published - 1996
Externally published	Yes

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