Surface superfluidity in dilute /sup 4/He-/sup 3/He mixtures

Journal Article · Mon Apr 09 04:00:00 EST 1984 · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.52.1325· OSTI ID:6813430

McQueeney, D; Agnolet, G; Reppy, J D

Quantitative measurements have been made of the superfluid mass per unit area for the interfacial superfluid phase present at the boundary wall of low-concentration mixtures of /sup 4/He in liquid /sup 3/He. We find a rapid jump in the superfluid mass at the transition temperature in agreement with the prediction of the Kosterlitz-Thouless theory of the superfluid transition in a two-dimensional system.

• Research Organization: Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Materials Science Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
• OSTI ID: 6813430
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 52:15; ISSN PRLTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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640450* -- Fluid Physics-- Superfluidity
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
COVERINGS
DATA
DILUTION
DISPERSIONS
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FILMS
HELIUM 3
HELIUM 4
HELIUM ISOTOPES
INFORMATION
INTERFACES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MIXTURES
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
PHASE STUDIES
STABLE ISOTOPES
SUPERFLUIDITY
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
THIN FILMS