Dispersion of Ripplons in Superfluid 4he
Condensed Matter
2009-10-22 v1
Abstract
A detailed study of the dispersion law of surface excitations in liquid \hef at zero temperature is presented, with special emphasis to the short wave length region. The hybridization mechanism between surface and bulk modes is discussed on a general basis, investigating the scattering of slow rotons from the surface. An accurate density functional, accounting for backflow effects, is then used to determine the dispersion of both bulk and surface excitations. The numerical results are close to the experimental data obtained on thick films and explicitly reveal the occurrence of important hybridization effects between ripplons and rotons.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9404051,
title = {Dispersion of Ripplons in Superfluid 4he},
author = {A. Lastri and F. Dalfovo and L. Pitaevskii and S. Stringari},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9404051},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
23 pages, REVTEX 3.0, 11 figures upon request, UTF-326/94