Quantum Mode Coupling Theory: Application to Normal and Supercooled Liquids

Eran Rabani

Department of Chemical Physics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel


I review our recent efforts to formulate and study a mode-coupling approach to real-time dynamic fluctuations in quantum liquids. Comparison is made between the theory and recent neutron scattering experiments performed on liquid ortho-deuterium, para-hydrogen, and normal helium. I discuss extensions of the theory to supercooled and glassy states where quantum fluctuations compete with thermal fluctuations.

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