Superflow in Solid 4He

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2004-07-07

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0407166v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

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4 page pdf, 1 figure

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.71.092502

Kim and Chan have recently observed Non-Classical Rotational Inertia (NCRI) for solid $^4$He in Vycor glass, gold film, and bulk. Their low $T$ value of the superfluid fraction, $\rho_{s}/\rho\approx0.015$, is consistent with what is known of the atomic delocalization in this quantum solid. By including a lattice mass density $\rho_{L}$ distinct from the normal fluid density $\rho_{n}$, we argue that $\rho_{s}(T)\approx\rho_{s}(0)-\rho_{n}(T)$, and we develop a model for the normal fluid density $\rho_{n}$ with contributions from longitudinal phonons and ``defectons'' (which dominate). The Bose-Einstein Condensation (BEC) and macroscopic phase inferred from NCRI implies quantum vortex lines and quantum vortex rings, which may explain the unusually low critical velocity and certain hysteretic phenomena.

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