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TY - JOUR
T1 - Nonlinear second sound waves and acoustic turbulence in superfluid He-4.
AU - Efimov, V. B.
AU - Ganshyn, A. N.
AU - McClintock, Peter V. E.
AU - Kolmakov, G. V.
AU - Mezhov-Deglin, L. P.
N1 - The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10909-007-9386-x
PY - 2007/8
Y1 - 2007/8
N2 - The preliminary results of an investigation of nonlinear second sound waves in a high quality resonator filled with superfluid 4He are presented and discussed. It is found that, for a sufficiently strong periodic driving force, a cascade of second sound waves is formed at multiple harmonics of the driving frequency over the extremely wide frequency range 1–100 kHz. It can be described by a power law A ω =const.×ω −m , where the scaling index m≈1. These observation can be attributed to the formation of a Kolmogorov-like turbulent cascade in the system of second sound waves, accompanied by directed energy flux through the frequency scales. It manifests itself as a limiting of the amplitude of a standing wave, a distortion of the shape of the initially harmonic waves, and a reduction of the effective quality factor Q of the resonator.
AB - The preliminary results of an investigation of nonlinear second sound waves in a high quality resonator filled with superfluid 4He are presented and discussed. It is found that, for a sufficiently strong periodic driving force, a cascade of second sound waves is formed at multiple harmonics of the driving frequency over the extremely wide frequency range 1–100 kHz. It can be described by a power law A ω =const.×ω −m , where the scaling index m≈1. These observation can be attributed to the formation of a Kolmogorov-like turbulent cascade in the system of second sound waves, accompanied by directed energy flux through the frequency scales. It manifests itself as a limiting of the amplitude of a standing wave, a distortion of the shape of the initially harmonic waves, and a reduction of the effective quality factor Q of the resonator.
U2 - 10.1007/s10909-007-9386-x
DO - 10.1007/s10909-007-9386-x
M3 - Journal article
VL - 148
SP - 251
EP - 255
JO - Journal of Low Temperature Physics
JF - Journal of Low Temperature Physics
SN - 0022-2291
IS - 3-4
ER -