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Cavitation Density of Superfluid Helium-4 around 1 K

Other Condensed Matter 2015-04-15 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

Using an optical interferomertric method, the homogeneous cavitation density of superfluid helium at T=0.96T=0.96\,K is measured and found to be ρcav=0.1338±0.0002g.cm3\rho_{cav}=0.1338\pm0.0002\rm\,g.cm^{-3}. A well established equation of state for liquid helium at negative pressures converts this to the cavitation pressure Pcav=5.1±0.1P_{cav}=-5.1\pm0.1\,bar. This cavitation pressure is consistent with a model taking into account the presence of quantized vortices, but disagrees with previously published experimental values of PcavP_{cav}.

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@article{arxiv.1504.03550,
  title  = {Cavitation Density of Superfluid Helium-4 around 1 K},
  author = {An Qu and Azer Trimeche and Jacques Dupont-roc and Jules Grucker and Philippe Jacquier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.03550},
  year   = {2015}
}