Abstract
We have developed a highly sensitive torsional oscillator technique for probing the effect of the substrate character on the Kosterlitz-Thouless [1] transition in thin helium films. We have measured the vortex diffusivity in thin superfluid helium films adsorbed on a hydrogen pre-plated gold substrate. Helium adsorbed on such a surface exhibits the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition at pressure substantially higher than that for helium adsorbed on a gold substrate. We study finite amplitude and frequency effects for substrate velocities up to 32 cm/s and in the frequency range from 3.3 to 36 MHz for single quartz crystal microbalance.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 250-251 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Physica B: Condensed Matter |
| Volume | 329-333 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2003 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 23rd international conference on low temper - Hiroshima, Japan Duration: 20 Aug 2002 → 27 Aug 2002 |
Keywords
- Helium films
- Hydrogen substrate
- Kosterlitz-Thouless transition
- Torsional oscillator
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