Non-universal Casimir Effect in Saturated Superfluid $^4$He Films at T$_\lambda$
Statistical Mechanics
2015-06-17 v3 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Abstract
Measurements of Casimir effects in He films in the vicinity of the bulk superfluid transition temperature have been carried out, where changes in the film thickness and the superfluid density are both monitored as a function of temperature. The Kosterlitz-Thouless superfluid onset temperature in the film is found to occur just as the Casimir dip in the film thickness from critical fluctuations becomes evident. Additionally, a new film-thickening effect is observed precisely at when the temperature is swept extremely slowly. We propose that this is a non-universal Casimir effect arising from the viscous suppression of second sound modes in the film.
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@article{arxiv.1309.0770,
title = {Non-universal Casimir Effect in Saturated Superfluid $^4$He Films at T$_\lambda$},
author = {John B. S. Abraham and Gary A. Williams and Konstantin Penanen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.0770},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
5 pages, 6 figures, corrected an equation, small change to fit value