Date: 26/02/2015 14:01:43
From: CrazyNeutrino
ID: 684063
Subject: Roton quasiparticle found

Cesium atoms get a shake-up to create excitation in superfluid

Helium-4 superfluid is a fascinating substance. With properties that seemingly defy normal physics, it leaks straight through glass, bubbles up out of containers, flows around objects and even climbs up walls. As if superfluid helium-4 was not strange enough, in 1941 it was also predicted that it should contain an exotic, particle-like excitation – a quasiparticle – called a roton. After many years of trying to verify this prediction, researchers at the University of California now claim to have successfully created a roton structure in an atomic superfluid of cesium-133.

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Date: 26/02/2015 14:06:45
From: Postpocelipse
ID: 684070
Subject: re: Roton quasiparticle found

Is there any theory that indicates rotons can be applied to fusion stabilisation?

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Date: 26/02/2015 21:01:14
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 684286
Subject: re: Roton quasiparticle found

CrazyNeutrino said:


Cesium atoms get a shake-up to create excitation in superfluid

Helium-4 superfluid is a fascinating substance. With properties that seemingly defy normal physics, it leaks straight through glass, bubbles up out of containers, flows around objects and even climbs up walls. As if superfluid helium-4 was not strange enough, in 1941 it was also predicted that it should contain an exotic, particle-like excitation – a quasiparticle – called a roton. After many years of trying to verify this prediction, researchers at the University of California now claim to have successfully created a roton structure in an atomic superfluid of cesium-133.

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I’m aware of quasiparticles in superfluid helium, but I’ve never heard them called “roton“s.

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Date: 26/02/2015 21:33:26
From: Postpocelipse
ID: 684302
Subject: re: Roton quasiparticle found

Isn’t the most sensible way to induce fusion to stabilise a roton state in a quantity of cesium 133 superfluid and flash ignite it with EM confinement?

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