Possible experiment for determination of the role of microscopic vortex rings in the λ-transition in He-II

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Tomchenko, MD [1 ]
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[1] Bogolyubov Inst Theoret Phys, UA-03143 Kiev, Ukraine
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microscopic vortex rings; lambda-transition; helium-II films;
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10.1007/s10909-005-6008-3
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O59 [应用物理学];
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It is suggested that microscopic vortex rings (MVR) play an important role in the lambda-transition in helium-II and substantially determine the value of T-lambda. For very thin films of He-II, with thickness d less than the size of the smallest MVR, the rings do not fit in and, therefore, do not exist in such films. Consequently, for superfluid films of He-II, a peculiarity in the form of a smoothed-out jump should be observed in the curve T-m(d) at the values of thickness approximately equal to the size of the smallest MVR, d approximate to 6 angstrom +/- 3 angstrom(T-m is the temperature of the maximum of the broad peak in the curve of the dependence of the specific heat on temperature). The absence of a similar peculiarity will be an evidence that MVR do not influence the values of T-lambda and T-m, and do not play any key role in the lambda-transition. The currently available experimental data are insufficient for revealing the predicted peculiarity.
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