2013年5月
Leftover Superfluid He-4 in Aerogel and Its Crystallization by Cooling
JOURNAL OF LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS
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- 巻
- 171
- 号
- 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.
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- DOI : 10.1007/s10909-012-0678-4
- ISSN : 0022-2291
- ORCIDのPut Code : 25009702
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000316821600022