Quantum Tunneling of $$^3$$ 3 He in Solid $$^4$$ 4 He: A New Analysis

We report measurements of elastic moduli of hcp solid 4 He down to 15 mK when the samples are rotated unidirectionally. Recent investigations have revealed that the elastic behavior of solid 4 He is dominated by gliding of dislocations and pinning of them by 3 He impurities, which move in the solid like Bloch waves (impuritons). Motivated by the recent controversy of torsional oscillator studies, we have preformed direct measurements of shear and Young's moduli of annular solid 4 He using pairs of quarter-circle shape piezoelectric transducers (PZTs) while the whole apparatus is rotated with angular velocity Ω up to 4 rad/s. We have found that shear modulus µ is suppressed by rotation below 80 mK, when shear strain applied by PZT exceeds a critical value, above which µ decreases because the shear strain unbinds dislocations from 3 He impurities. The rotation -induced decrement of µ at Ω = 4 rad/s is about 14.7(12.3) % of the total change of temperature dependent µ for solid samples of pressure 3.6(5.4) MPa. The decrements indicate that the probability of pinning of 3 He on dislocation segment, G, decreases by several orders of magnitude. We propose that the motion of 3 He impuritons under rotation becomes strongly anisotropic by the Coriolis force, resulting a decrease in G for dislocation lines aligning parallel to the rotation axis.PACS numbers: 62.20. de,66.30.J-,67.80.B-

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Effect of rotation on the elastic moduli of solid He4

Tsuiki

Takahashi

Murakawa

et al. 2018

Phys. Rev. B

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Quantum Tunneling of $$^3$$ 3 He in Solid $$^4$$ 4 He: A New Analysis

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