# Colloquium: Supersolids: What and where are they?

@article{Boninsegni2012ColloquiumSW,
title={Colloquium: Supersolids: What and where are they?},
author={Massimo Boninsegni and Nikolay Prokof'ev},
journal={Reviews of Modern Physics},
year={2012},
volume={84},
pages={759-776}
}
• Published 11 January 2012
• Physics
• Reviews of Modern Physics
The ongoing experimental and theoretical effort aimed at understanding nonclassical rotational inertia in solid helium has sparked renewed interest in the supersolid phase of matter, its microscopic origin and character, and its experimental detection. The purpose of this Colloquium is to provide a general theoretical framework for the phenomenon of supersolidity, review some of the experimental evidence for solid $^{4}\mathrm{He}$, and discuss its possible interpretation in terms of physical… Expand
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