Torsional oscillator and synchrotron x-ray experiments on solid 4He in aerogel

Autor: Mulders, N., West, J. T., Chan, M. H. W., Kodituwakku, C. N., Burns, C. A., Lurio, L. B.
Rok vydání: 2008
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.165303
Popis: X-ray diffraction experiments show that solid 4He grown in aerogel is highly polycrystalline, with a hcp crystal structure (as in bulk) and a crystallite size of approximately 100 nm. In contrast to the expectation that the highly disordered solid will have a large supersolid fraction, torsional oscillator measurements show a behavior that is strikingly similar to high purity crystals grown from the superfluid phase. The low temperature supersolid fraction is only ~3x10-4 and the onset temperature is ~ 100 mK.
Databáze: arXiv