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Nucleation of Solid 4He by Acoustic Waves

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When an acoustic wave pulse was applied to metastable superfluid 4He above the megting pressure, a bulk 4He crystal was nucleated in the superfluid at low temperatures. Overpressure in which the metastable liquid could exist was investigated by changing the acoustic wave power. A larger power pulse could nucleate the crystal in smaller overpressures, which decreased linearly in the acoustic wave power.

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  1. Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan

    S. Kimura, F. Ogasawara, R. Nomura & Y. Okuda

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Kimura, S., Ogasawara, F., Nomura, R. et al. Nucleation of Solid 4He by Acoustic Waves. Journal of Low Temperature Physics 134, 145–150 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOLT.0000012547.59994.5b

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