Self Diffusion in Solid 4He and 3He-4He Mixtures Near the bcc-hcp Phase Transition
Self Diffusion in Solid 4He and 3He-4He Mixtures Near the bcc-hcp Phase Transition
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固体 4He 和 3He-4He 混合物中 bcc-hcp 相变附近的自扩散
DOI:
10.1023/a:1022384618191
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发表时间:
1998
影响因子:
2
通讯作者:
E. Polturak
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作者:
Inon Berent;E. Polturak
We report experiments on the plastic flow of solid4He and3He-4He mixtures of 1.4% and 2.8% near thebcc-hcptransition. Plastic flow was generated by moving a wire through a macroscopic single crystal. We found that the plastic flow rate both in pure4He and in mixture helium crystals is enhanced in vicinity of thebcc-hcpphase transition. The results are interpreted in terms of self diffusion in the solid. Values of the self diffusion coefficient Dsat the respective transition temperatures of pure4He and of the mixtures are very close, and reach that found in normal liquids. The activation energy for self diffusion in the mixtures is lower by up to 3 K than in pure4He. We suggest that similar to what is observed inbccmetals, self-diffusion in solid He takes place through phonon assisted atom-vacancy exchange. The enhancement of the diffusion near thebcc-hcptransition is a result of the softening of a short wavelength transverse phonon. The temperature dependence of the energy of the phonon calculated using our data is in accord with the Landau theory of a phase transition driven by a soft mode. Work hardening was observed in mixture crystals, but not in pure4He. This implies that3He impurities pin dislocation lines.