Ultrasonic Study of Superfluidity of 4He in a Nanoporous Glass

Recently, Yamamoto et al. have carried out torsional oscillator measurements for 4He filled in a nanoporous glass containing pores 2.5 nm in diameter (Gelsil), and reported a large suppression of superfluidity at high pressures. In order to study the mechanism of the superfluid suppression, we have...

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Published in:AIP conference proceedings 2006-09, Vol.850 (1), p.277-278
Main Authors: Kobayashi, T, Fukazawa, S, Taniguchi, J, Suzuki, M, Shirahama, K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS
GLASS
HELIUM 4
LAMBDA POINT
OSCILLATORS
POROUS MATERIALS
PRESSURE DEPENDENCE
SOUND WAVES
SUPERFLUIDITY
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0000-0013 K
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Summary:Recently, Yamamoto et al. have carried out torsional oscillator measurements for 4He filled in a nanoporous glass containing pores 2.5 nm in diameter (Gelsil), and reported a large suppression of superfluidity at high pressures. In order to study the mechanism of the superfluid suppression, we have carried out ultrasonic measurements for 4He filled in the same nanoporous glass. We have clearly observed an increase in the sound velocity due to decoupling of the superfluid component. At zero pressure, the superfluid transition temperature TC is suppressed to 1.4 K from the bulk lambda point, 2.17 K. The pressure dependence of TC and the temperature dependence of the superfluid fraction are very different from those reported by Yamamoto et al.
ISSN:0094-243X
1551-7616
DOI:10.1063/1.2354699