Parametric Generation of Second Sound by First Sound in Superfluid Helium

Details Parametric Generation of Second Sound by First Sound in Superfluid Helium Parametric Generation of Second Sound by First Sound in Superfluid Helium

1995-10-19

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9510111v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

4 pages, 4 postscript figures, REVTEX

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.2105

We report the first experimental observation of parametric generation of second sound (SS) by first sound (FS) in superfluid helium in a narrow temperature range in the vicinity of $T_\lambda $. The temperature dependence of the threshold FS amplitude is found to be in a good quantitative agreement with the theory suggested long time ago and corrected for a finite geometry. Strong amplitude fluctuations and two types of the SS spectra are observed above the bifurcation. The latter effect is quantitatively explained by the discreteness of the wave vector space and the strong temperature dependence of the SS dissipation length.

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