2008 APS March Meeting
Volume 53, Number 2
Monday–Friday, March 10–14, 2008;
New Orleans, Louisiana
Session A5: Supersolid 4He: A New State of Matter
8:00 AM–11:00 AM,
Monday, March 10, 2008
Morial Convention Center
Room: RO1
Sponsoring
Unit:
DCMP
Chair: John Beamish, University of Alberta
Abstract ID: BAPS.2008.MAR.A5.3
Abstract: A5.00003 : Frequency dependence and Hysteretic behavior in Non-Classical Rotational Inertia of Solid $^{4}$He*
9:12 AM–9:48 AM
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Author:
Yuki Aoki
(Rutgers University)
We have constructed a compound torsional oscillator having two
resonance
frequencies for studying non-classical rotational inertia (NCRI)
of solid
$^{4}$He. The oscillator allows us to study NCRI and supersolid
effects of
the \textit{identical} solid $^{4}$He sample grown in a
cylindrical container at 496 and 1173
Hz. We have grown and studied solid samples with final solid
pressures
between 27 and 42 bar. The observed features are qualitatively
similar in
all solid samples\textbf{.} NCRI fractions at sufficiently low
oscillation drive and at the lowest temperature are only about
0.1 {\%} and
consistent with cylindrical cells in other laboratories. NCRI
fraction below
35 mK does not depend on frequency nor temperature. At T $>$ 35
mK, NCRI
fraction observed in the lower mode is smaller than that in the
higher mode.
``Transition'' into supersolid state occurs at a higher
temperature in the
higher mode than the lower one. The peak in extra dissipation due
to solid
$^{4}$He is greater in the lower mode by a factor 1.7 than in the
higher
mode. The frequency dependence of the magnitude of NCRI will be
compared
with existing theoretical predictions. In addition to the frequency
dependent effects at low oscillation drive, we have observed
hysteretic
behavior in NCRI fraction depending on the history of oscillation
drive and
temperature from the normal state above 300 mK to low
temperatures. We find
that the supersolid state below 40 mK can have different NCRI
fractions
depending on the particular sequence of oscillation amplitude.
Above about
50 mK, however, NCRI fraction does not depend on the history of
oscillation
amplitude changes. We also observe a time dependent overshoot in the
dissipation of solid when the NCRI fraction is increased by
decreasing the
oscillation drive. The general behavior of this relaxation
phenomenon is
rather complex depending on temperature, history of oscillation
amplitude
and memory effects. Some of the observations share common
features with
vortex motion and glassy behavior.
*Research supported by NSF DMR0704120.
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