Disorder and the Supersolid State of Solid $^4$He

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2007-02-27

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0702665v2

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 175302 (2007)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Other Condensed Matter

4 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.175302

We report torsional oscillator supersolid studies of highly disordered samples of solid $^4$He. In an attempt to approach the amorphous or glassy state of the solid, we prepare our samples by rapid freezing from the normal phase of liquid $^4$He. Less than two minutes is required for the entire process of freezing and the subsequent cooling of the sample to below 1 K. The supersolid signals observed for such samples are remarkably large, exceeding 20 % of the entire solid helium moment of inertia. These results, taken with the finding that the magnitude of the small supersolid signals observed in our earlier experiments can be reduced to an unobservable level by annealing, strongly suggest that the supersolid state exists for the disordered or glassy state of helium and is absent in high quality crystals of solid $^4$He.

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