論文

査読有り
2013年5月

Leftover Superfluid He-4 in Aerogel and Its Crystallization by Cooling

JOURNAL OF LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS
  • Hirofumi Matsuda
  • ,
  • Aguri Ochi
  • ,
  • Rei Isozaki
  • ,
  • Ryuji Nomura
  • ,
  • Yuichi Okuda

171
3-4
開始ページ
295
終了ページ
301
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1007/s10909-012-0678-4
出版者・発行元
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS

Using a variable volume cell, we were able to crystallize He-4 in aerogels at a constant temperature. The entire crystallization process was monitored visually owing to the transparency of the aerogel. Two different crystallization processes of He-4 in aerogels were observed: creep at high temperatures and avalanche at low temperatures. In a 96 % porosity aerogel, we noticed that He-4 remained liquid in some parts of the cell even though other parts of the aerogel were completely crystallized. Once such a situation was formed, the application of additional pressure did not further crystallize the liquid. This is presumably because a supply path of He-4 atoms from the bulk crystal was blocked by the crystals in the aerogel. This leftover liquid, however, was found to begin to crystallize via avalanches when cooled below a particular temperature. If the crystallization pressure in aerogel is temperature independent at low temperatures as the bulk crystallization pressure, the crystallization by cooling is rather unusual. Possible explanations would be a decrease of the crystallization pressure in aerogel in the low temperature region, or the supersolidity of crystals in aerogel playing some role in mass transport.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-012-0678-4
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000316821600022&DestApp=WOS_CPL
URL
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8730-5960
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1007/s10909-012-0678-4
  • ISSN : 0022-2291
  • ORCIDのPut Code : 25009702
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000316821600022

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