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In liquid helium two wave modes are possible. Their properties may be analysed by solving the thermohydrodynamical equations under the condition that the tangential component of the normal fluid velocity is vanishing on the walls. In the present paper, these two types of wave propagation are determined for a plane-parallel capillary with the heat conduction and the thermal expansion being neglected and with the width of the capillary being much smaller than the penetration depth of a viscous wave. In particular, the dispersion relations of both, the so called fourth sound and an overdamped mode are calculated. (This overdamped mode may be called fifth wave mode.) The velocity fields can be determined, too, as well as the pressure fields and the temperature fields. It is shown, that pressure and temperature are coupled in both cases.
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Der Vf. dankt den Teilnehmern des Tieftemperaturseminars, insbesondere Herrn Prof. Dr. G. U.Schubert, für lebhafte Diskussion der in der vorliegenden Arbeit behandelten Probleme.
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Meinhold-Heerlein, L. Wellentypen in Helium II-Schichten. Z. Physik 213, 152–170 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01379822
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01379822