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Dynamics of liquid 4He in Vycor

Condensed Matter 2019-08-17 v1

Abstract

We have measured the dynamic structure factor of liquid 4He in Vycor using neutron inelastic scattering. Well-defined phonon-roton (p-r) excitations are observed in the superfluid phase for all wave vectors 0.3 < Q < 2.15. The p-r energies and lifetimes at low temperature (T = 0.5 K) and their temperature dependence are the same as in bulk liquid 4He. However, the weight of the single p-r component does not scale with the superfluid fraction (SF) as it does in the bulk. In particular, we observe a p-r excitation between T_c = 1.952 K, where SF = 0, and T_(lambda)=2.172 K of the bulk. This suggests, if the p-r excitation intensity scales with the Bose condensate, that there is a separation of the Bose-Einstein condensation temperature and the superfluid transition temperature T_c of 4He in Vycor. We also observe a two-dimensional layer mode near the roton wave vector. Its dispersion is consistent with specific heat and SF measurements and with layer modes observed on graphite surfaces.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9911289,
  title  = {Dynamics of liquid 4He in Vycor},
  author = {H. R. Glyde and O. Plantevin and B. Fak and G. Coddens and P. S. Danielson and H. Schober},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9911289},
  year   = {2019}
}

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3 pages, 4 figures

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