The Two-Fluid Theory and Second Sound in Liquid Helium
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Liquid Helium Variable Temperature Research Dewars
CRYO Variable Temperature Liquid Helium Research Dewars CRYO Variable Temperature Liquid Helium Research Dewars Cryo Industries Variable Temperature Liquid Helium Research Dewars (CN Series) provide soluitions for an extensive variety of low temperature optical and non-optical requirements. There are numerous designs available, including Sample in Flowing Vapor, Sample in Vacuum and Sample in Exchange Gas. Our most popular models features Sample in Flowing Vapor (dynamic exchange gas), where the sample is cooled by insertion into flowing helium gas exiting from the vaporizer (also known as the diffuser or heat exchanger). The samples are top loading and can be quickly changed while operating. The temperature of the sample can be varied from typically less than 1.4 K to room temperature. Liquid helium flows from the reservoir through the adjustable flow valve down to the vaporizer located at the bottom of the sample tube. Applying heat, vaporizes the liquid and raises the gas temperature. This gas enters the sample zone to cool the sample to your selected temperature. Pumping on the sample zone will provide temperatures below 2 K with either sample in vapor or immersed in liquid. No inefficient liquid helium reservoir pumping is required. The system uses enthalpy (heat capacity) of the helium vapor which results in very high power handling, fast temperature change, ultra stable temperatures, ease of use an much more - Super Variable Temperature. Optical ‘cold’ windows are normally epoxy sealed, strain relief mounted into indium sealed mounts or direct indium mounted. Window seals are reliable and fully guaranteed. For experiments where flowing vapor may be undesirable (such as mossbauer or infrared detectors), static exchange gas cooling and sample in vacuum inserts are available. -
Demonstration of a Persistent Current in Superfluid Atomic Gas
Demonstration of a persistent current in superfluid atomic gas One of the most remarkable properties of macroscopic quantum systems is the phenomenon of persistent flow. Current in a loop of superconducting wire will flow essentially forever. In a neutral superfluid, like liquid helium below the lambda point, persistent flow is observed as frictionless circulation in a hollow toroidal container. A Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of an atomic gas also exhibits superfluid behavior. While a number of experiments have confirmed superfluidity in an atomic gas BEC, persistent flow, which is regarded as the “gold standard” of superfluidity, had not been observed. The main reason for this is that persistent flow is most easily observed in a topology such as a ring or toroid, while past BEC experiments were primarily performed in spheroidal traps. Using a combination of magnetic and optical fields, we were able to create an atomic BEC in a toriodal trap, with the condensate filling the entire ring. Once the BEC was formed in the toroidal trap, we coherently transferred orbital angular momentum of light to the atoms (using a technique we had previously demonstrated) to get them to circulate in the trap. We observed the flow of atoms to persist for a time more than twenty times what was observed for the atoms confined in a spheroidal trap. The flow was observed to persist even when there was a large (80%) thermal fraction present in the toroidal trap. These experiments open the possibility of investigations of the fundamental role of flow in superfluidity and of realizing the atomic equivalent of superconducting circuits and devices such as SQUIDs. -
Aleksei A. Abrikosov 1928–2017
Aleksei A. Abrikosov 1928–2017 A Biographical Memoir by M. R. Norman ©2018 National Academy of Sciences. Any opinions expressed in this memoir are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Academy of Sciences. ALEKSEI ALEKSEEVICH ABRIKOSOV June 25, 1928–March 29, 2017 Elected to the NAS, 2000 Shortly after the 2003 announcement that Aleksei Abrikosov had won the Nobel Prize in Physics, a number of colleagues took Alex to lunch at a nearby Italian restau- rant. During lunch, one of the Russian visitors exclaimed that Alex should get a second Nobel Prize, this time in Literature for his famous “AGD” book with Lev Gor’kov and Igor Dzyaloshinskii (Methods of Quantum Field Theory in Statistical Physics.) Somewhat taken aback, I looked closely at this individual and realized that he was deadly serious. Although I could imagine the reaction of the Nobel Literature committee to such a book (for a lay person, perhaps analogous to trying to read Finnegan’s Wake), I had to admit that my own copy of this book is quite dog-eared, having been put to good use over the By M. R. Norman years. In fact, you know you have made it in physics when your book gets a Dover edition. One of the most charming pictures I ever saw was a rare drawing in color that Alexei Tsvelik did (commissioned by Andrei Varlamov for Alex’s 50th birthday) that was proudly displayed in Alex’s home in Lemont, IL. It showed Alex with his fingers raised in a curled fashion as in the habit of medieval Popes. -
Lev Davidovich Landau Born: 12 January, 1908, Baku, Russian Empire Died: 1 April, 1968, Moscow, Soviet Union
Symmetry XIII (2019) 1 Dedicated to Lev Davidovich Landau Born: 12 January, 1908, Baku, Russian Empire Died: 1 April, 1968, Moscow, Soviet Union Symmetry XIII (2019) 2 Volume XIII, 2019 Editorial Symmetry This issue of symmetry is dedicated to the great physicists Lev Devidovich Landau. An annual Publication of CDP, TU Landau Soviet theoretical physicist, one of the founders of quantum theory of (Covid-19 Issue) condensed matter whose pioneering research in this field was recognized with the Patron 1962 Nobel Prize for Physics. In the year 1941, he successfully applied quantum Prof. Dr. Binil Aryal theory to the movement of superfluid liquid helium. Landau argued for the need of yet another radical conceptual revolution in physics in order to resolve the Advisory Board mounting difficulties in relativistic quantum theory. The collective work of Prof. Dr. Om Prakash Niraula Landau’s group embraced practically every branch of theoretical physics. In 1946 Prof. Dr. Raju Khanal he described the phenomenon of Landau damping of electromagnetic waves in Prof. Dr. Narayan Prasad Adhikari plasma. Together with Vitaly L. Ginzburg, in 1950 Landau obtained the correct Prof. Dr. Ram Prasad Regmi equations of the macroscopic theory of superconductivity. During the 1950s he and Prof. Dr. Ishwar Koirala collaborators discovered that even in renormalized quantum electrodynamics, a Dr. Hari Prasad Lamichhane new divergence difficulty appears (the Landau pole). The phenomenon of the Dr. Bal Ram Ghimire coupling constant becoming infinite or vanishing at some energy is an important Dr. Ajay Kumar Jha feature of modern quantum field theories. In this volume, there are 7 articles Dr. -
Contents 1 Classification of Phase Transitions
PHY304 - Statistical Mechanics Spring Semester 2021 Dr. Anosh Joseph, IISER Mohali LECTURE 35 Monday, April 5, 2021 (Note: This is an online lecture due to COVID-19 interruption.) Contents 1 Classification of Phase Transitions 1 1.1 Order Parameter . .2 2 Critical Exponents 5 1 Classification of Phase Transitions The physics of phase transitions is a young research field of statistical physics. Let us summarize the knowledge we gained from thermodynamics regarding phases. The Gibbs’ phase rule is F = K + 2 − P; (1) with F denoting the number of intensive variables, K the number of particle species (chemical components), and P the number of phases. Consider a closed pot containing a vapor. With K = 1 we need 3 (= K + 2) extensive variables say, S; V; N for a complete description of the system. One of these say, V determines only size of the system. The intensive properties are completely described by F = 1 + 2 − 1 = 2 (2) intensive variables. For instance, by pressure and temperature. (We could also choose temperature and chemical potential.) The third intensive variable is given by the Gibbs’-Duhem relation X S dT − V dp + Ni dµi = 0: (3) i This relation tells us that the intensive variables PHY304 - Statistical Mechanics Spring Semester 2021 T; p; µ1; ··· ; µK , which are conjugate to the extensive variables S; V; N1; ··· ;NK are not at all independent of each other. In the above relation S; V; N1; ··· ;NK are now functions of the variables T; p; µ1; ··· ; µK , and the Gibbs’-Duhem relation provides the possibility to eliminate one of these variables. -
Numerical Investigation of Second Sound in Liquid Helium
NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF SECOND SOUND IN LIQUID HELIUM by Udo Piram A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING In the Graduate College THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of DIPLOMINGENIEUR at the UNIVERSITY STUTTGART 1991 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank Dr. Fran¸cois Cellier for guidance and assistance during my studies at the University of Arizona and the preparation of this paper. I would also like to thank Prof. Dr. Voß at the University Stuttgart, who organized the exchange program, which made it possible for me to attend school at the University of Arizona. I would like to thank the German Academic Exchange Service for the financial support of the exchange program. Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to my parents for their support of my studies in Germany and the USA. Contents Contents ii List of Figures iii 1 Introduction 1 1.1MechanicalandElectricalSystems...................... 1 1.2ThermodynamicalSystems........................... 2 2 Helium II and Second Sound 4 3 Heat Conduction Modeled With Time–Variant R–C–Networks 7 3.1 R–C–Networks . 7 3.2ModelinginTermsofBondGraphs...................... 9 3.3HeliumIIModeledinTermsofBondGraphs................. 10 3.4NumericalValuesfortheThermalParameters................ 12 3.4.1 Model 1: Initial Temperature 1.4K . 13 3.4.2 Model 2: Initial Temperature 2.1728K . 14 3.5SimulationandResults............................. 16 4 Heat Transport and Two Fluid Model 20 4.1TwoFluidModel................................ 20 4.2HydrodynamicalEquations........................... 22 4.3NumericalValuesfortheThermalParameters................ 23 4.4NumericalMethod............................... 24 i CONTENTS ii 4.5 Boundary Conditions . 25 4.6SimulationandResults............................. 26 5 Conclusions 29 5.1Conclusions................................... 29 5.2Zusammenfassung............................... -
Causal Heat Conduction Contravening the Fading Memory Paradigm
entropy Article Causal Heat Conduction Contravening the Fading Memory Paradigm Luis Herrera Instituto Universitario de Física Fundamental y Matematicas, Universidad de Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain; [email protected] Received: 1 September 2019; Accepted: 26 September 2019; Published: 28 September 2019 Abstract: We propose a causal heat conduction model based on a heat kernel violating the fading memory paradigm. The resulting transport equation produces an equation for the temperature. The model is applied to the discussion of two important issues such as the thermohaline convection and the nuclear burning (in)stability. In both cases, the behaviour of the system appears to be strongly dependent on the transport equation assumed, bringing out the effects of our specific kernel on the final description of these problems. A possible relativistic version of the obtained transport equation is presented. Keywords: causal dissipative theories; fading memory paradigm; relativistic dissipative theories 1. Introduction In the study of dissipative processes, the order of magnitude of relevant time scales of the system (in particular the thermal relaxation time) play a major role, due to the fact that the interplay between this latter time scale and the time scale of observation, critically affects the obtained pattern of evolution. This applies not only for dissipative processes out of the steady–state regime but also when the observation time is of the order of (or shorter than) the characteristic time of the system under consideration. Besides, as has been stressed before [1], for time scales larger than the relaxation time, transient phenomena affect the future of the system, even for time scales much larger than the relaxation time. -
Phase Transition a Phase Transition Is the Alteration in State of Matter Among the Four Basic Recognized Aggregative States:Solid, Liquid, Gaseous and Plasma
Phase transition A phase transition is the alteration in state of matter among the four basic recognized aggregative states:solid, liquid, gaseous and plasma. In some cases two or more states of matter can co-exist in equilibrium under a given set of temperature and pressure conditions, as well as external force fields (electromagnetic, gravitational, acoustic). Introduction Matter is known four aggregative states: solid, liquid, and gaseous and plasma, which are sharply different in their properties and characteristics. Physicists have agreed to refer to a both physically and chemically homogeneous finite body as a phase. Or, using Gybbs’s definition, one can call a homogeneous part of heterogeneous system: a phase. The reason behind the existence of different phases lies in the balance between the kinetic (heat) energy of the molecules and their energy of interaction. Simplified, the mechanism of phase transitions can be described as follows. When heating a solid body, the kinetic energy of the molecules grows, distance between them increases, and in accordance with the Coulomb law the interaction between them weakens. When the temperature reaches a certain point for the given substance (mineral, mixture, or system) critical value, melting takes place. A new phase, liquid, is formed, and a phase transition takes place. When further heating the liquid thus formed to the next critical temperature the liquid (melt) changes to gas; and so on. All said phase transitions are reversible; that is, with the temperature being lowered, the system would repeat the complete transition from one state to another in reverse order. The important thing is the possibility of co- existence of phases and their reciprocal transition at any temperature. -
ABSTRACT for CWS 2002, Chemogolovka, Russia Ulf Israelsson
ABSTRACT for CWS 2002, Chemogolovka, Russia Ulf Israelsson Use of the International Space Station for Fundamental Physics Research Ulf E. Israelsson"-and Mark C. Leeb "Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 9 1 109, USA bNational Aeronautics and Space Administration, Code UG, Washington D.C., USA NASA's research plans aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are discussed. Experiments in low temperature physics and atomic physics are planned to commence in late 2005. Experiments in gravitational physics are planned to begin in 2007. A low temperature microgravity physics facility is under development for the low temperature and gravitation experiments. The facility provides a 2 K environment for two instruments and an operational lifetime of 4.5 months. Each instrument will be capable of accomplishing a primary investigation and one or more guest investigations. Experiments on the first flight will study non-equilibrium phenomena near the superfluid 4He transition and measure scaling parameters near the 3He critical point. Experiments on the second flight will investigate boundary effects near the superfluid 4He transition and perform a red-shift test of Einstein's theory of general relativity. Follow-on flights of the facility will occur at 16 to 22-month intervals. The first couple of atomic physics experiments will take advantage of the free-fall environment to operate laser cooled atomic fountain clocks with 10 to 100 times better performance than any Earth based clock. These clocks will be used for experimental studies in General and Special Relativity. Flight defiiiiiiori experirneni siudies are underway by investigators studying Bose Einstein Condensates and use of atom interferometers as potential future flight candidates. -
Liquid Helium
Safetygram 22 Liquid helium Liquid helium is inert, colorless, odorless, noncorrosive, extremely cold, and nonflammable. Helium will not react with other elements or compounds under ordinary conditions. Since helium is noncorrosive, special materials of construction are not required. However, materials must be suitable for use at the extremely low temperatures of liquid helium. Vessels and piping must be selected and designed to withstand the pressure and temperatures involved and comply with applicable codes for transport and use. Manufacture Most of commercial helium is recovered from natural gas through a cryogenic separation process. Normally, helium is present in less than 1% by volume in natural gas. Helium is recovered, refined, and liquefied. Liquid helium is typically shipped from production sources to storage and transfill facilities. Tankers, ranging in size from 5,000 to 11,000 gallons, contain an annular space insulated with vacuum, nitrogen shielding, and multilayer insulation. This de- sign reduces heat leak and vaporization of liquid helium during transportation. Uses The extremely low temperature of liquid helium is utilized to maintain the superconducting properties of magnets in applications such as MRI, NMR spectroscopy, and particle physics research. The main application for gas- eous helium is for inert shielding gas in metal arc and laser welding. Helium provides a protective atmosphere in the production of reactive metals, such as titanium and zirconium. Gaseous helium is used as a coolant during the draw- ing of optical fibers, as a carrier gas for chromatography, and as a leak detection gas in a variety of industries. Being both lighter than air and nonflammable, helium is used to inflate balloons and airships. -
Helium, Refrigerated Liquid
Helium, Refrigerated Liquid Safety Data Sheet P-4600 This SDS conforms to U.S. Code of Federal Regulations 29 CFR 1910.1200, Hazard Communication. Issue date: 01/01/1979 Revision date: 01/31/2021 Supersedes: 09/08/2020 Version: 2.0 SECTION: 1. Product and company identification 1.1. Product identifier Product form : Substance Trade name : Liquid Helium CAS-No. : 7440-59-7 Formula : He Other means of identification : Helium, Refrigerated Liquid; Helium-4; Refrigerant Gas R-704 1.2. Relevant identified uses of the substance or mixture and uses advised against Use of the substance/mixture : Industrial use; Use as directed. Diving Gas (Underwater Breathing) 1.3. Details of the supplier of the safety data sheet Linde Inc. 10 Riverview Drive Danbury, CT 06810-6268 - USA 1.4. Emergency telephone number Emergency number : Onsite Emergency: 1-800-645-4633 CHEMTREC, 24hr/day 7days/week — Within USA: 1-800-424-9300, Outside USA: 001-703-527-3887 (collect calls accepted, Contract 17729) SECTION 2: Hazard identification 2.1. Classification of the substance or mixture GHS US classification Simple asphyxiant SIAS Press. Gas (Ref. Liq.) H281 2.2. Label elements GHS US labeling Hazard pictograms (GHS US) : GHS04 Signal word (GHS US) : Warning Hazard statements (GHS US) : H281 - CONTAINS REFRIGERATED GAS; MAY CAUSE CRYOGENIC BURNS OR INJURY OSHA-H01 - MAY DISPLACE OXYGEN AND CAUSE RAPID SUFFOCATION. Precautionary statements (GHS US) : P202 - Do not handle until all safety precautions have been read and understood. P271+P403 - Use and store only outdoors or in a well-ventilated place. P282 - Wear cold insulating gloves/face shield/eye protection. -
Thermophysical Properties of Helium-4 from 2 to 1500 K with Pressures to 1000 Atmospheres
DATE DUE llbriZl<L. - ' :_ Demco, Inc. 38-293 National Bureau of Standards A UNITED STATES H1 DEPARTMENT OF v+ *^r COMMERCE NBS TECHNICAL NOTE 631 National Bureau of Standards PUBLICATION APR 2 1973 Library, E-Ol Admin. Bldg. OCT 6 1981 191103 Thermophysical Properties of Helium-4 from 2 to 1500 K with Pressures qc to 1000 Atmospheres joo U57Q lV-O/ U.S. >EPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Bureau of Standards NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS 1 The National Bureau of Standards was established by an act of Congress March 3, 1901. The Bureau's overall goal is to strengthen and advance the Nation's science and technology and facilitate their effective application for public benefit. To this end, the Bureau conducts research and provides: (1) a basis for the Nation's physical measure- ment system, (2) scientific and technological services for industry and government, (3) a technical basis for equity in trade, and (4) technical services to promote public safety. The Bureau consists of the Institute for Basic Standards, the Institute for Materials Research, the Institute for Applied Technology, the Center for Computer Sciences and Technology, and the Office for Information Programs. THE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC STANDARDS provides the central basis within the United States of a complete and consistent system of physical measurement; coordinates that system with measurement systems of other nations; and furnishes essential services leading to accurate and uniform physical measurements throughout the Nation's scien- tific community, industry, and commerce. The Institute consists of a Center for Radia- tion Research, an Office of Measurement Services and the following divisions: Applied Mathematics—Electricity—Heat—Mechanics—Optical Physics—Linac Radiation 2—Nuclear Radiation 2—Applied Radiation 2 —Quantum Electronics3— Electromagnetics 3—Time and Frequency 3 —Laboratory Astrophysics 3—Cryo- 3 genics .