Nancolas, G. G. and McClintock, Peter V. E. and Moss, F. E. and Bowley, R. M. (1981) Temperature-dependent vortex nucleation in isotopically pure superfluid 4He. Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, 14. L681-L686. ISSN 0022-3719
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We have investigated the temperature dependence of the rate nu which negative ions nucleate vortex rings in isotopically pure superfluid 4He. Measurements of nu(E,T) are presented for a pressure of 23 bar with electric fields E in 5.8 < E < 1.2 x l0^6 V m-l and temperatures T in 0.3 < T < 0.8 K. Provided that due allowance is made for the drag arising from ion-excitation scattering, (nu - nu0) is proportional to Nr, where Nr is the thermal roton density and nu0 is the temperature-dependent limiting value of nu below 0.5 K. We show that this discovery is consistent with the existence of an additional vortex nucleation mechanism, characterised by a critical velocity reduced by roton absorption, but ultimately determined by a requirement for the conservation of energy and momentum.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics |
| Departments: | Faculty of Science and Technology > Physics |
| ID Code: | 32486 |
| Deposited By: | Professor P. V. E. McClintock |
| Deposited On: | 12 Apr 2010 08:53 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2012 17:11 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/32486 |
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