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Measurements of the acoustic shear impedance of superfluid3He

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Measurements of the complex acoustic shear impedance of3He-B at 19 bar and 36 and 60 MHz, and of3He-A at 23 bar and 12, 36, and 60 MHz, have been made by observing the time constant and the frequency shift of the decay of a transiently excited AC-cut quartz transducer.

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  1. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois

    Pat R. Roach

  2. Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

    J. B. Ketterson

  3. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois

    J. B. Ketterson

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Work supported by the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration and the National Science Foundation under Grant DMR-74-13186.

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Roach, P.R., Ketterson, J.B. Measurements of the acoustic shear impedance of superfluid3He. J Low Temp Phys 25, 637–644 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00657288

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