1. Preface

   • Stephen Boyd
   • David Goodstein
   • Robert Duncan

   Preface Pages: 1 - 2

2. Committees

   Legacy Pages: 3 - 3

3. Sponsorship and Financial Support for QFS2003

   Legacy Pages: 5 - 5

4. Scientific Program of the Symposium

   Legacy Pages: 7 - 15

5. Welcoming Address

   • Louis Caldera

   Legacy Pages: 17 - 19

6. Adsorption of Helium and Other Gases to Carbon Nanotubes and Nanotube Bundles

   • R. B. Hallock
   • Y. H. Kahng

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 30

7. Large Mass Enhancement in ³He Monolayer Fluids Adsorbed on Graphite Preplated with ⁴He

   • D. Tsuji
   • Y. Matsumoto
   • Hiroshi Fukuyama

   OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 36

8. Slippage of ⁴He Films Adsorbed on Grafoil

   • Nariko Hosomi
   • Masaru Suzuki
   • Mitsunori Hieda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 42

9. Quantum Monte Carlo Study of Two-Dimensional H₂ on a Rb Substrate

   • C. Cazorla
   • J. Boronat

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 48

10. Direct Nuclear Demagnetization of Two Dimensional Solid ³He Adsorbed on Graphite

    • Ryuichi Masutomi
    • Yoshitomo Karaki
    • Hidehiko Ishimoto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 54

11. The High Temperature Phase Diagram of Single-Layer ³He-⁴He Mixtures

    • Roberto Ramos
    • Oscar Vilches

    OriginalPaper Pages: 55 - 60

12. Preliminary Heat-Capacity Measurements of 2D Solid ³He Adsorbed on Graphite Preplated with ⁴He

    • Y. Matsumoto
    • S. Murakawa
    • Hiroshi Fukuyama

    OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 66

13. Surface Magnetism of ³He in Grafoil

    • Akira Yamaguchi
    • Takamichi Watanuki
    • Hidehiko Ishimoto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 67 - 72

14. He Atoms Adsorbed in Carbon Nanotubes and Nanotube Bundles

    • L. Vranješ
    • S. Kilić
    • E. Krotscheck

    OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 78

15. Possible Phase Transition at Low mK Temperatures in Liquid Helium Mixture Films Adsorbed on Graphite

    • F. Ziouzia
    • H. Patel
    • J. Saunders

    OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 84

16. Heat Capacity of the Second Layer of ³He Adsorbed on Graphite Pre-plated with a ⁴He Monolayer

    • F. Ziouzia
    • J. Nyéki
    • J. Saunders

    OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 90

17. Quartz Crystal Microbalance Study of Superfluid ⁴He Films on Gold and Porous Gold Surfaces

    • Mitsunori Hieda
    • Anthony C. Clark
    • M. H. W. Chan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 96

18. Chaotic Third Sound Resonances

    • F. M. Ellis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 102

19. SQUID NMR Studies of the Second Layer of ³He at High Density

    • Jinshan Zhang
    • K. S. White
    • H. M. Bozler

    OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 108

20. NMR Measurements of 2D ³He Adsorbed on ZYX Exfoliated Graphite

    • S. Murakawa
    • H. Akisato
    • Hiroshi Fukuyama

    OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 114

21. Heat Capacity of H₂ Adsorbed on Carbon Nanotube Bundles

    • S. Ramachandran
    • T. A. Wilson
    • O. E. Vilches

    OriginalPaper Pages: 115 - 120

22. Disorder Phenomena in Quantum Solids with Vacancies

    • Davide Emilio Galli
    • Luciano Reatto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 121 - 131

23. Impurity-Helium Solids: Chemistry and Physics at 1.5 K

    • E. P. Bernard
    • R. E. Bogtnev
    • D. M. Lee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 143

24. Nucleation of Solid ⁴He by Acoustic Waves

    • S. Kimura
    • F. Ogasawara
    • Y. Okuda

    OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 150

25. Sound Attenuation in U2D2 Solid Helium-3

    • Yoshiko Okamoto
    • Tetsuo Ohmi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 156

26. Solid-Liquid Interface Motion of ⁴He in an Acoustic Field

    • S. Kimura
    • F. Ogasawara
    • Y. Okuda

    OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 162

27. Ugtracold Alkali Atoms in Optical Lattices: A New Type of Quantum Crystals?

    • Alexander E. Meyerovich

    OriginalPaper Pages: 163 - 168

28. ESR and X-ray Investigations of Deuterium Atoms and Molecules in Impurity-Helium Solids

    • E. P. Bernard
    • R. E. Bogtnev
    • D. M. Lee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 169 - 174

29. Paramagnetic Attraction of Impurity-Helium Solids

    • E. P. Bernard
    • R. E. Bogtnev
    • D. M. Lee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 180

30. Density Functional Theory of Freezing of Superfluid Helium 4

    • Frédéric Caupin
    • Tomoki Minoguchi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 181 - 186

31. Isentropic Pressure of Magnetically Ordered bcc Solid ³He Near the Triple Point

    • N. F. Omelaenko
    • E. D. Adams
    • Y. Takano

    OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 192

32. Volume Dependence of H _c1, H _c2, and ΔP(H _c1) in Magnetically Ordered bcc ³He

    • N. F. Omelaenko
    • S. Abe
    • Y. Takano

    OriginalPaper Pages: 193 - 198

33. Stabilization of High Concentrations of Nitrogen Atoms in Impurity-Helium Solids

    • E. P. Bernard
    • R. E. Bogtnev
    • D. M. Lee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 204

34. Evidence of Homogeneous Nucleation at Phase Separation in Solid Mixtures of ⁴He in ³He

    • N. P. Mikhin
    • V. N. Grigor'ev
    • Ye. V. Syrnikov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 205 - 210

35. Observation of the Stages of Homogeneous Nucleation in Isotopic Solid Helium Mixtures

    • M. Poole
    • B. Cowan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 216

36. A Slab of Liquid Helium-4 with Two Free Surfaces

    • C. D. H. Williams
    • A. F. G. Wyatt

    OriginalPaper Pages: 217 - 226

37. Experiments to Study the Effect of Light on Electron Bubbles in Liquid Helium

    • H. J. Maris
    • A. Ghosh
    • M. Hirsch

    OriginalPaper Pages: 227 - 235

38. Superfluid Drops: Dynamics of Pinch-Off and Sliding Motion

    • J. C. Burton
    • P. Taborek
    • J. E. Rutledge

    OriginalPaper Pages: 237 - 243

39. ⁴He Third Sound and AFM Characterization of Rough Calcium Fluoride Substrates

    • D. R. Luhman
    • R. B. Hallock

    OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 250

40. Cavitation in Superfluid Helium Possibly Arising from Penning Ionization of Dimers

    • Ambarish Ghosh
    • Humphrey Maris

    OriginalPaper Pages: 251 - 256

41. Heat Capacity Measurements of ³He-⁴He Mixture Films

    • H. Akimoto
    • R. B. Hallock

    OriginalPaper Pages: 257 - 262

42. Structure and Energetics of Helium Adsorption on Nanosurfaces

    • Patrick Huang
    • Heather D. Whitley
    • K. Birgitta Whaley

    OriginalPaper Pages: 263 - 268

43. Nanoscale Quantum Solvation of para-H₂ Around the Linear OCS Molecule Inside ⁴He Droplets

    • Yongkyung Kwon
    • K. Birgitta Whaley

    OriginalPaper Pages: 269 - 274

44. Supercooling Helium Vapor: Nucleation and Fog Formation Induced by Strong Evaporation

    • J. Burton
    • A. T. Nguyen Le
    • P. Taborek

    OriginalPaper Pages: 275 - 280

45. Wetting in Binary Fluid Mixtures: Recent Resugts in H₂/He on Cesium

    • M. S. Pettersen
    • E. Rolley
    • M. Poujade

    OriginalPaper Pages: 281 - 291

46. Optical Study of ⁴He Condensation into a Silica Aerogel

    • T. Lambert
    • C. Gabay
    • P. E. Wolf

    OriginalPaper Pages: 293 - 302

47. Ellipsometric Study of Superfluid Onset in Thin Liquid ⁴Helium Films

    • T. McMillan
    • P. Taborek
    • J. E. Rutledge

    OriginalPaper Pages: 303 - 308

48. Wetting of Spherical Surfaces by Quantum Fluids

    • E. S. Hernández
    • M. W. Cole
    • M. Boninsegni

    OriginalPaper Pages: 309 - 314

49. Adsorption of H₂ on Alkali Metal Substrates

    • Massimo Boninsegni
    • Leszek Szybisz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 315 - 320

50. Bound State of Dimers on a Spherical Surface

    • M.K. Kostov
    • E.S. Hernandez
    • M.W. Cole

    OriginalPaper Pages: 321 - 326