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The solid-liquid surface tension at a helium/cesium interface

The solid-liquid surface tension at a helium/cesium interface The existence of a wetting transition for helium adsorbed on cesium provides an experimental opportunity to investigate the solid-liquid surface tension. We have extracted the temperature dependence of the solid-liquid surface tension at the4He/Cs interface from our earlier measurements of the wetting temperature of pure4He on thin layers of cesium overlaying gold. More recently we have measured the wetting temperature as a function of the3He concentration for3He-4He mixtures. An analysis of these experiments paralleling Andreev's investigation of the free surface reveals3He bound states at the helium/cesium interface. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Low Temperature Physics Springer Journals

The solid-liquid surface tension at a helium/cesium interface

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Springer Journals
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Subject
Physics; Condensed Matter Physics; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Magnetism, Magnetic Materials
ISSN
0022-2291
eISSN
1573-7357
DOI
10.1007/BF00754579
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Abstract

The existence of a wetting transition for helium adsorbed on cesium provides an experimental opportunity to investigate the solid-liquid surface tension. We have extracted the temperature dependence of the solid-liquid surface tension at the4He/Cs interface from our earlier measurements of the wetting temperature of pure4He on thin layers of cesium overlaying gold. More recently we have measured the wetting temperature as a function of the3He concentration for3He-4He mixtures. An analysis of these experiments paralleling Andreev's investigation of the free surface reveals3He bound states at the helium/cesium interface.

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Journal of Low Temperature PhysicsSpringer Journals

Published: Nov 22, 2004

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