Transmission of sound at the liquid-solid interface of helium : a new probe of melting kinetics
Transmission of sound at the liquid-solid interface of helium : a new probe of melting kinetics
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氦液固界面的声音传输:熔化动力学的新探针
DOI:
10.1051/jphys:01980004107070100
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发表时间:
1980
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通讯作者:
P. Nozières
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作者:
B. Castaing;P. Nozières
2014 An incoming acoustic wave produces an a.c. discontinuity of chemical potential, 039403BC at a liquid-solid interface. If melting is fast enough, it responds to such an excitation. We show that in quantum systems, in which heat can be evacuated via convection, such an a.c. melting does occur. It may give rise to a spectacular decrease in sound transmission, and to a conversion mechanism from first to second sound. We analyse that effect, and we propose an experiment that should give access to the kinetics of melting when it is too fast to be observed by d.c. methods. J. Physique 41 (1980) 701-706 JUILLET 1980, Classification Physics Abstracts 67.00 In ordinary materials, melting and crystal growth are slow processes on an atomic scale. First of all, one must dispose of the latent heat of transformation, which usually is the controlling factor of the kinetics. Second, the growth itself depends on the nature of the interface [1]. If the latter is sharp and smooth, the nucleation of a new layer is the controlling step ; it occurs on surface defects (cf. spiral growth on dislocations) and the process is slow. Fast growth can only occur if the interface is rough, with spontaneous formation of many steps and kinks : then each layer grows continuously. Such a rough surface is signalled by the absence of facets in the equilibrium shape of the crystals.