TY - JOUR
T1 - 'Heat from above' heat capacity measurements in liquid 4He
AU - Lee, Richard A.M.
AU - Chatto, Andrew R.
AU - Sergatskov, Dmitri A.
AU - Babkin, Alex V.
AU - Boyd, Stephen T.P.
AU - Churilov, A. M.
AU - McCarson, T. D.
AU - Chui, Talso C.P.
AU - Day, P. K.
AU - Duncan, Robert V.
AU - Goodstein, David L.
PY - 2004/1
Y1 - 2004/1
N2 - We have made heat capacity measurements of superfluid 4He at temperatures very close to the lambda point, Tλ, in a constant heat flux, Q, when the helium sample is heated from above. In this configuration the helium enters a self-organized (SOC) heat transport state at a temperature TSOC(Q), which for Q ≥ 100 n W/cm2 lies below Tλ. At low Q we observe little or no deviation from the Q = 0 heat capacity up to TSOC(Q); beyond this temperature the heat capacity appears to be sharply depressed, deviating dramatically from its bulk behaviour. This marks the formation and propagation of a SOC/superfluid two phase state, which we confirm with a simple model. The excellent agreement between data and model serves as an independent confirmation of the existence of the SOC state. As Q is increased (up to 6 μ W/cm2) we observe a Q dependent depression in the heat capacity that occurs just below TSOC(Q), when the entire sample is still superfluid. This is due to the emergence of a large thermal resistance in the sample, which we have measured and used to model the observed heat capacity depression. Our measurements of the superfluid thermal resistivity are a factor of ten larger than previous measurements by Baddar et al.
AB - We have made heat capacity measurements of superfluid 4He at temperatures very close to the lambda point, Tλ, in a constant heat flux, Q, when the helium sample is heated from above. In this configuration the helium enters a self-organized (SOC) heat transport state at a temperature TSOC(Q), which for Q ≥ 100 n W/cm2 lies below Tλ. At low Q we observe little or no deviation from the Q = 0 heat capacity up to TSOC(Q); beyond this temperature the heat capacity appears to be sharply depressed, deviating dramatically from its bulk behaviour. This marks the formation and propagation of a SOC/superfluid two phase state, which we confirm with a simple model. The excellent agreement between data and model serves as an independent confirmation of the existence of the SOC state. As Q is increased (up to 6 μ W/cm2) we observe a Q dependent depression in the heat capacity that occurs just below TSOC(Q), when the entire sample is still superfluid. This is due to the emergence of a large thermal resistance in the sample, which we have measured and used to model the observed heat capacity depression. Our measurements of the superfluid thermal resistivity are a factor of ten larger than previous measurements by Baddar et al.
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U2 - 10.1023/b:jolt.0000012601.63124.60
DO - 10.1023/b:jolt.0000012601.63124.60
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:12144289615
SN - 0022-2291
VL - 134
SP - 495
EP - 505
JO - Journal of Low Temperature Physics
JF - Journal of Low Temperature Physics
IS - 1-2
ER -