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Experimental Study of the Nonlinear Second Sound Wave Interaction in Superfluid 4He

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We report preliminary results of investigations of the nonlinear second sound wave interaction in a high-quality resonator filled with superfluid 4He. The anomalously large nonlinear coefficient of second sound allows us to observe the formation of higher harmonics while pumping the resonator at a resonant frequency and, in this manner, to study wave energy transfer from the low-frequency domain to the high-frequency domain over a wide frequency range. The observed nonequilibrium stationary wave distribution of amplitudes A f for multiple harmonics over wave frequency f may be described as \(A_f = {\rm const} \times f^{-s}\), where s ≥  1.5.

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  1. Institute of Solid State Physics RAS, 142432, Chernogolovka, Russia

    V. B. Efimov, G. V. Kolmakov & L. P. Mezhov-Deglin

  2. Department of Physics, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YB, UK

    V. B. Efimov, A. N. Ganshin, P. V. E. McClintock & G. V. Kolmakov

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Efimov, V.B., Ganshin, A.N., McClintock, P.V.E. et al. Experimental Study of the Nonlinear Second Sound Wave Interaction in Superfluid 4He. J Low Temp Phys 145, 155–164 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-006-9236-2

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