Abstract
We have measured overpressures needed to nucleate helium-4 crystals at temperatures 2 mK - 1.0 K. Distributions of nucleation pressures were recorded using a sensitive capacitive pressure gauge with a resolution of 0.3/μbar. Above 100 mK the median value of the distribution decreased according to T-1/2 as expected for thermal fluctuations. Below 100 mK we observed a crossover to a temperature independent regime.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 467-468 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Czechoslovak Journal of Physics |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | SUPPL. 1 |
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| State | Published - 1996 |
| Externally published | Yes |