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TY - JOUR
T1 - Neutron reflection from the surfaces of liquid 4He and a dilute 3He-4He Solution.
AU - Charlton, T. R.
AU - Dalgliesh, R. M.
AU - Ganshyn, Andriy
AU - Kirichek, O.
AU - Langridge, S.
AU - McClintock, P. V. E.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - We report and discuss the first neutron reflection measurements from the free surfaces of normal and superfluid 4He and of a liquid 3He-4He mixture. In case of liquid 4He the surface roughness is different above and below the lambda transition, being smoother in the superfluid state. For the superfluid, we also observe the formation of a surface layer ~ 200 Å thick which has a subtly different neutron scattering cross-section. The results can be interpreted as an enhancement of the Bose-Einstein condensate fraction close to the helium surface. We find that the addition of 3He isotopic impurities leads to the formation of Andreev levels at low temperatures.
AB - We report and discuss the first neutron reflection measurements from the free surfaces of normal and superfluid 4He and of a liquid 3He-4He mixture. In case of liquid 4He the surface roughness is different above and below the lambda transition, being smoother in the superfluid state. For the superfluid, we also observe the formation of a surface layer ~ 200 Å thick which has a subtly different neutron scattering cross-section. The results can be interpreted as an enhancement of the Bose-Einstein condensate fraction close to the helium surface. We find that the addition of 3He isotopic impurities leads to the formation of Andreev levels at low temperatures.
KW - SUPERFLUID HE-3
KW - X-RAY
KW - HELIUM
KW - ELECTRONS
KW - REFLECTION
KW - TENSION
U2 - 10.1088/1742-6596/150/3/032022
DO - 10.1088/1742-6596/150/3/032022
M3 - Journal article
VL - 150
SP - -
JO - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
SN - 1742-6596
IS - 3
M1 - 032022
T2 - 25th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics (LT25)
Y2 - 6 August 2008 through 13 August 2008
ER -