An incoming acoustic wave produces an a.c. discontinuity of chemical potential, Δ μ at a liquid-solid interface. If melting is fast enough, it responds to such an excitation. We show that in quantum systems, in which heat can be evacuated via convection, such an a.c. melting does occur. It may give rise to a spectacular decrease in sound transmission, and to a conversion mechanism from first to second sound. We analyse that effect, and we propose an experiment that should give access to the kinetics of melting when it is too fast to be observed by d.c. methods.Une onde acoustique produit une discontinuité alternative de potentiel chimique, Δμ, lorsqu'elle traverse un interface liquide-solide. Si la fusion est assez rapide, elle peut répondr...
Using quasimonochromatic relaxation phonons emitted by superconducting tunneling functions, the phon...
We remark that, during crystallization or melting, due to the structural difference between solid an...
The theoretical picture of liquid helium 3 which is currently accepted is due to Landau (1957 a). Ac...
An incoming acoustic wave produces an a.c. discontinuity of chemical potential, Δ μ at a liquid-soli...
With the help of a simple one-dimensional continuum model we establish basic matching conditions of ...
Nous avons effectué les premières mesures de la reflexion acoustique, ainsi que de la transmission a...
We have calculated the reflection and transmission coefficients of acoustic waves propagating across...
The first measurements of acoustic reflection, together with acoustic transmission at the solid-liqu...
In 1969, it was suggested that atomic vacancies could form a Bose condensate in solid helium-4, whic...
International audienceKapitza in 1941 discovered that heat flowing across a solid in contact with su...
In this experiment, the oscillating pressure due to a 1 MHz sound wave alternatively melts and solid...
Journal ArticleWe find a new collective shear-wave-like mode above Tλ, merging with the longitudinal...
Impure superfluids exhibit very unusual properties including unexpected acoustic features. We calcul...
C. E. Chase (1) showed that the attenuation coefficient for sound waves in liquid helium goes throug...
In body centered cubic helium 4 between 1.4 K and 1.8 K and very close to the solid-liquid transitio...
Using quasimonochromatic relaxation phonons emitted by superconducting tunneling functions, the phon...
We remark that, during crystallization or melting, due to the structural difference between solid an...
The theoretical picture of liquid helium 3 which is currently accepted is due to Landau (1957 a). Ac...
An incoming acoustic wave produces an a.c. discontinuity of chemical potential, Δ μ at a liquid-soli...
With the help of a simple one-dimensional continuum model we establish basic matching conditions of ...
Nous avons effectué les premières mesures de la reflexion acoustique, ainsi que de la transmission a...
We have calculated the reflection and transmission coefficients of acoustic waves propagating across...
The first measurements of acoustic reflection, together with acoustic transmission at the solid-liqu...
In 1969, it was suggested that atomic vacancies could form a Bose condensate in solid helium-4, whic...
International audienceKapitza in 1941 discovered that heat flowing across a solid in contact with su...
In this experiment, the oscillating pressure due to a 1 MHz sound wave alternatively melts and solid...
Journal ArticleWe find a new collective shear-wave-like mode above Tλ, merging with the longitudinal...
Impure superfluids exhibit very unusual properties including unexpected acoustic features. We calcul...
C. E. Chase (1) showed that the attenuation coefficient for sound waves in liquid helium goes throug...
In body centered cubic helium 4 between 1.4 K and 1.8 K and very close to the solid-liquid transitio...
Using quasimonochromatic relaxation phonons emitted by superconducting tunneling functions, the phon...
We remark that, during crystallization or melting, due to the structural difference between solid an...
The theoretical picture of liquid helium 3 which is currently accepted is due to Landau (1957 a). Ac...