RIPPLONS IN HE-4 FILMS OBSERVED BY NEUTRON-SCATTERING

被引:80
作者
LAUTER, HJ
GODFRIN, H
FRANK, VLP
LEIDERER, P
机构
[1] CNRS,CTR RECH TRES BASSES TEMP,F-38042 GRENOBLE 9,FRANCE
[2] UNIV CONSTANCE,W-7750 CONSTANCE,GERMANY
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.2484
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We report the first observation of ripplon excitations at large wave vectors. The experiments were performed on liquid-He-4 films of atomic thickness adsorbed on a graphite substrate. Neutron-scattering techniques were used to determine the inelastic structure factor of surface (ripplon) and bulklike (phonon-roton) elementary excitations. The lowest lying mode at low wave vectors is experimentally shown to be a surface mode; its dispersion relation agrees well with the quantum-hydrodynamic theory of Edwards and Saam. The predictions or recent microscopic models are compared to the data at high energies and momenta.
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页码:2484 / 2487
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