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
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Ukraine
- Country of Input or Organization
- Ukraine
- INIS RN
- 39052434
- Subject category
- S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ANISOTROPY; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; HELIUM II; KINETIC EQUATIONS; PHONONS; SUPERFLUIDITY
- Descriptors DEC
- DISTRIBUTION; EQUATIONS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FLUIDS; FUNCTIONS; HELIUM 4; HELIUM ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; NUCLEI; QUANTUM FLUIDS; QUASI PARTICLES; STABLE ISOTOPES