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Title: Observation of Two-Dimensional Classical Wave Localization: Third Sound on Superfluid {sup 4}He Films on a Disordered Substrate

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Laboratory of Low Temperature Physics, Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003 (United States)

We present the results of measurements of the propagation of third sound waves on superfluid {sup 4}He adsorbed to two-dimensional ordered and disordered substrates. In the disordered case we compare the experimental results to theoretical predictions of classical wave localization in such systems and conclude that classical wave localization is present in our system.

OSTI ID:
20696246
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 94, Issue 17; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.176401; (c) 2005 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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