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Thermally assisted quantum cavitation in solutions of 3He in 4He

Condensed Matter 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

We have investigated the quantum-to-thermal crossover temperature T* for cavitation in liquid helium mixtures up to 0.05 3He concentrations. With respect to the pure 4He case, T* is sizeably reduced, to a value below 50 mK for 3He concentrations above 0.02. As in pure 4He, the homogeneous cavitation pressure is systematically found close to the spinodal pressure.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9609053,
  title  = {Thermally assisted quantum cavitation in solutions of 3He in 4He},
  author = {D. Jezek and M. Guilleumas and M. Pi and M. Barranco},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9609053},
  year   = {2009}
}

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