Published May 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Creation of high-energy phonons by four-phonon processes in anisotropic phonon system of He II

  • 1. Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv (Ukraine)
  • 2. Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology, Kharkov (Ukraine)
  • 3. School of Physics, University of Exeter, Exeter (United Kingdom)

Description

The problem of the creation of high-energy phonons (h-phonons) by a pulse of low-energy phonons (I-phonons) moving from a heater to a detector in superfluid helium, is solved. The rate of h-phonon creation is obtained and it is shown that created h-phonons occupy a much smaller solid angle in momentum space, than the I-phonons. Analytical expression for the creation rate of h-phonon, along the symmetry axis of a pulse, are derived. It allows us to get useful approximate analytical expressions for creation rate of h-phonons. The time dependences of the parameters which describe the I-phonon pulse are obtained. This shows that half of the initial energy of I-phonon pulse can be transferred into h-phonons. The results of the calculations are compared with experimental data and we show that this theory explains a number of experimental results. The value of the momentum, which separates the I- and h-phonon subsystems, is found

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Fizika Nizkikh Temperatur
Journal Volume
33
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 523-537
ISSN
0132-6414