Observation of a New Surface State on 4He Crystal Interfaces
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© 1995 American Physical Society (APS). This is the accepted version of the following article: Babkin, A. V. & Alles, H. & Hakonen, Pertti J. & Parshin, A. Ya. & Ruutu, J. P. & Saramäki, J. P. 1995. Observation of a New Surface State on 4He Crystal Interfaces. Physical Review Letters. Volume 75, Issue 18. 3324-3327. ISSN 0031-9007 (printed). DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.75.3324, which has been published in final form at http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.3324.
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1995
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en
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3324-3327
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Physical Review Letters, Volume 75, Issue 18
Abstract
The equilibrium shape of hcp 4He crystals has been studied at temperatures 0.05≤T≤0.7 K by means of a high-precision optical interferometer. We find that the profile of the interfacial boundary, close to an almost horizontal c-facet, has a well-defined slope discontinuity separating two angular regions with different behavior of the surface stiffness α̃. For surfaces tilted by an angle φ≲100 μrad with respect to the c-facet, we obtain α̃=κ/φ, contrary to the linear angular dependence predicted by current theories. Our results on four large crystals yield κ=(11±3)×10 exp −4T erg/ cm exp 2 K.Description
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helium, crystal, interface
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Babkin, A. V. & Alles, H. & Hakonen, Pertti J. & Parshin, A. Ya. & Ruutu, J. P. & Saramäki, J. P. 1995. Observation of a New Surface State on 4He Crystal Interfaces. Physical Review Letters. Volume 75, Issue 18. 3324-3327. ISSN 0031-9007 (printed). DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.75.3324
