VORTEX RINGS AND FINITE-WAVE-NUMBER SUPERFLUIDITY NEAR THE HE-4 LAMBDA-TRANSITION

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WILLIAMS, GA
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[1] Physics Department, University of California, Los Angeles
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.2054
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O4 [物理学];
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The superfluid response to a perturbation of wave number k is calculated using a vortex-ring theory of the He-4 lambda-transition. Rings of diameter greater than k-1 cannot follow the perturbation, and this leads to a finite-size broadening of the superfluid density near T(lambda). The vortex theory provides a new perspective on the Feynman-Onsager proposal that rotons are vortex rings of smallest size.
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