# Volume element structure and roton-maxon-phonon excitations in superfluid helium beyond the Gross-Pitaevskii approximation

@article{Zloshchastiev2012VolumeES,
title={Volume element structure and roton-maxon-phonon excitations in superfluid helium beyond the Gross-Pitaevskii approximation},
author={K. G. Zloshchastiev},
journal={The European Physical Journal B},
year={2012},
volume={85},
pages={1-8}
}
We propose a theory which deals with the structure and interactions of volume elements in liquid helium II. The approach consists of two nested models linked via parametric space. The short-wavelength part describes the interior structure of the fluid element using a non-perturbative approach based on the logarithmic wave equation; it suggests the Gaussian-like behaviour of the element’s interior density and interparticle interaction potential. The long-wavelength part is the quantum many-body… Expand
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