Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2008-10-31
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
4 pages, submitted to Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Proceedings of LT25)
Scientific paper
10.1088/1742-6596/150/3/032120
The finite-frequency dynamics of the $^4$He superfluid phase transition can be formulated in terms of the response of thermally excited vortex loops to an oscillating flow field. The key parameter is the Hausdorff fractal dimension $d_H$ of the loops, which affects the dynamics because the frictional force on a loop is proportional to the total perimeter $P$ of the loop, which varies as $P \sim a^{d_H}$ where $a$ is the loop diameter. Solving the 3D Fokker-Planck equation for the loop response at frequency $\omega $ yields a superfluid density which varies at $T_{\lambda}$ as $\omega^{1/(d_H -1)}$. This power-law variation with $\omega$ agrees with the scaling form found by Fisher, Fisher, and Huse, since the dynamic exponent $z$ is identified as $z = d_H-1$. Flory scaling for the self-avoiding loops gives a fractal dimension in terms of the space dimension $d$ as $d_H = (d+2)/2$, yielding $z = d/2 = 3/2$ for d = 3, in complete agreement with dynamic scaling.
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