Observation of crossover from ballistic to diffusion regime for excimer molecules in superfluid 4He

Zmeev, Dmitriy and Papkour, F. and Walmsley, P. M. and Golov, A. and McClintock, Peter V. E. and Fisher, Shaun N. and Guo, Wei and McKinsey, D. N. and Ihas, Gary G. and Vinen, W. F. (2013) Observation of crossover from ballistic to diffusion regime for excimer molecules in superfluid 4He. Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 171 (3-4). pp. 207-213. ISSN 0022-2291

[thumbnail of diffusion_submit2PostPrint]
Preview
PDF (diffusion_submit2PostPrint)
diffusion_submit2PostPrint.pdf - Submitted Version

Download (253kB)

Abstract

We have measured the temperature dependence of the time of flight of helium excimer molecules He2 (a3 Σ + u ) in superfluid 4He and find that the molecules behave ballistically below ∼100 mK and exhibit Brownian motion above ∼200 mK. In the intermediate temperature range the transport cannot be described by either of the models.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Additional Information:
The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10909-012-0720-6
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2500
Subjects:
?? excimer moleculessuperfluid 4hediffusionmaterials science(all)atomic and molecular physics, and opticscondensed matter physicsdiscipline-based research ??
ID Code:
64944
Deposited By:
Deposited On:
04 Jun 2013 14:15
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
Last Modified:
18 Jan 2024 00:13