Published January 2, 1984 | Version v1
Journal article

Observation of a remanent vortex-line density in superfluid helium

  • 1. IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598

Description

Sensitive ion-trapping measurements show that superfluid 4He at rest contains a substantial number of quantized vortex lines, metastably pinned between the walls of the container. This remanent line density appears to be history independent, and is established upon going through the lambda point

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Volume
52
Journal Issue
1
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
49-52
ISSN
0031-9007

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
15057828
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
CONTAINERS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HELIUM 4; IONS; LAMBDA POINT; SUPERFLUIDITY; TRAPPING; VORTEX FLOW
Descriptors DEC
CHARGED PARTICLES; DATA; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FLUID FLOW; HELIUM ISOTOPES; INFORMATION; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NUCLEI; NUMERICAL DATA; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; STABLE ISOTOPES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE