Critical Casimir effect in dilute 3He-4He mixture films

Rafael Garcia; Moses H.W. Chan

doi:10.1016/S0921-4526(99)01447-7

Critical Casimir effect in dilute ³He-⁴He mixture films

Rafael Garcia, Moses H.W. Chan

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Recently, we have found that ⁴He films thin near the lambda point. Based on our measurements, the thinning appears to be caused by the confinement of superfluid order parameter fluctuations in the films. The phenomenon of the thinning is believed to be analogous to the Casimir effect in electromagnetism where the confinement of electromagnetic fluctuations causes the vacuum layer that separates two metal plates to thin. In this paper, we report the result of an experiment extending our previous study to ³He-⁴He mixture films. Thinning is found near the new lambda points and the characteristics of the thinning are similar to that found in pure ⁴He films.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	55-56
Number of pages	2
Journal	Physica B: Condensed Matter
Volume	280
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-4526(99)01447-7
State	Published - May 11 2000
Event	22nd International Conference on Low Temperature Physics (LT-22) - Helsinki, Finl Duration: Aug 4 1999 → Aug 11 1999

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Critical Casimir effect in dilute ³He-⁴He mixture films

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