Simulation of Helium Atoms Moving inside a Nanopore (VIDEO)

McGill University

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Due to the quantum nature of helium at very low temperature, each atom in this simulation is represented as a fluctuating cluster of tiny spheres separated by spring-like links. The computer code which produced the simulation was developed at the University of Vermont and can probe how atoms cooperate to form a superfluid at the nanoscale.

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Adrian Del Maestro

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