Superfluidity Without Superflow in Unsaturated Helium Films
David L. Goodstein, Robert L. Elgin
Abstract
David L. Goodstein, Robert L. Elgin
Abstract
It is shown experimentally that the superfluid fraction $\frac{{\ensuremath{\rho}}_{s}}{\ensuremath{\rho}}$ is continuous and finite at the point at which superflow vanishes in unsaturated helium films. It follows that there is a region of superfluidity without superflow. In addition it is shown that the behavior of the partial molar entropy may account for the disappearance of superflow without requiring that $\frac{{\ensuremath{\rho}}_{s}}{\ensuremath{\rho}}$ vanish.
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It is shown experimentally that the superfluid fraction $\frac{{\ensuremath{\rho}}_{s}}{\ensuremath{\rho}}$ is continuous and finite at the point at which superflow vanishes in unsaturated helium films. It follows that there is a region of superfluidity without superflow. In addition it is shown that the behavior of the partial molar entropy may account for the disappearance of superflow without requiring that $\frac{{\ensuremath{\rho}}_{s}}{\ensuremath{\rho}}$ vanish.
Key concepts: Superfluidity, Isotopes of helium, Physics, Helium-4, Helium-3, Helium, Condensed matter physics, Superfluid helium-4