Thermodynamic Casimir effect in 4He films near Tlambda: Monte Carlo results

Phys Rev Lett. 2007 Nov 2;99(18):185301. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.185301. Epub 2007 Nov 2.

Abstract

The universal finite-size scaling function of the critical Casimir force for the three dimensional XY universality class with Dirichlet boundary conditions is determined using Monte Carlo simulations. The results are in excellent agreement with recent experiments on 4He Films at the superfluid transition and with available theoretical predictions.