Numéro
J. Phys. IV France
Volume 10, Numéro PR7, May 2000
International Workshop on Dynamics in Confinement
Page(s) Pr7-163 - Pr7-167
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:2000732
International Workshop on Dynamics in Confinement

J. Phys. IV France 10 (2000) Pr7-163-Pr7-167

DOI: 10.1051/jp4:2000732

Liquid helium in confinement

B. Fak1, O. Plantevin1 and H.R. Glyde2

1  Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée, SPSMS/MDN, CEA Grenoble, 38054 Grenoble cedex 9, France
2  Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, U.S.A.


Abstract
We discuss the effects of confinement and disorder on the elementary excitations of superfluid 4 He in porous media as observed by inelastic neutron scattering. The three-dimensional bulk-like phonon-roton excitations of liquid 4He in aerogel and Vycor are the same as in bulk 4He at low temperatures, with the same temperature dependence. In addition to these excitations, two-dimensional layer modes, which propagate in the first few liquid layers close to the substrate, are observed in both Vycor and denser aerogels near the roton wave vector, with a rotonlike dispersion.



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