Allum, D. R. and McClintock, Peter V. E. and Phillips, A. and Bowley, R. M. (1977) The breakdown of superfluidity in liquid 4He : an experimental test of Landau's theory. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A, 284 (1320). pp. 179-224. ISSN 0264-3820
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A single pulse time of flight technique has been used to determine the drift velocity v of the negative ions injected into liquid 4He from a field emission source. Measurements of v as a function of temperature T, pressure P and electric field E are presented within the range: 0.29 < T < 0.5 K; 21 x 10^5 < P < 25 x 10^5 Pa; 1 < E < 300 kV/m. The experimental results are in good agreement with Landau's theory of superfluidity. The data are used to demonstrate the inapplicability of two theories of super critical dissipation: by Takken, based on an assumption of coherent roton emission; and by Bowley and Sheard, based on the assumption of incoherent single-roton emission. The results are, however, shown to be in excellent agreement with Bowley and Sheard's incoherent two-roton theory, and the data are used to derive a numerical value of the matrix element. characterizing two-roton emission. The surprising absence of the single-roton emission process is discussed, and an upper bound is placed on the relevant matrix element.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics |
| Departments: | Faculty of Science and Technology > Physics |
| ID Code: | 32514 |
| Deposited By: | Professor P. V. E. McClintock |
| Deposited On: | 12 Apr 2010 12:01 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2012 17:11 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/32514 |
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