Third Sound and the Healing Length of He II in Films as Thin as 2.1 Atomic Layers
Physical Review LettersPublished 28 January 1974
J. H. Scholtz, E. O. McLean, I. Rudnick
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Abstract
Measurements of the velocity of third sound on films as thin as 2.1 atomic layers yield the healing length of superfluid He II down to temperatures of 0.1 K. It is argued that these films are two-dimensional superfluids.
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