Liquid helium in confinement.

Citation
B. Fak et al., Liquid helium in confinement., J PHYS IV, 10(P7), 2000, pp. 163-167
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL DE PHYSIQUE IV
ISSN journal
11554339 → ACNP
Volume
10
Issue
P7
Year of publication
2000
Pages
163 - 167
Database
ISI
SICI code
1155-4339(200005)10:P7<163:LHIC>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We discuss the effects of confinement and disorder on the elementary excita tions of superfluid He-4 in porous media as observed by inelastic neutron s cattering. The three-dimensional bulk-like phonon-roton excitations of liqu id He-4 in aerogel and Vycor are the same as in bulk He-4 at low temperatur es,with the same temperature dependence. In addition to these excitations, two-dimensional layer modes, which propagate in the first few liquid layers close to the substrate, are observed in both Vycor and denser aerogels nea r the roton wave vector, with a roton-like dispersion.