在费米液体中对横向零声的限制3He
Man Dinh Nguyen1, Daehan Park1, John William Scott1
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
Science advances
|February 27, 2026
概括
研究人员调查了兰道.
科学领域:
- 凝聚物质物理学 凝聚物质物理学
- 量子流体是一种量子流体.
背景情况:
- 兰道预测了费米液体中的横向声音.
- 之前试图检测这种模式的尝试是没有结论的.
研究的目的:
- 在液体3He中直接检测横向声音.
- 用于测量流体的声阻.
主要方法:
- 微尺度声学腔的制造.
- 使用声学Fabry-Pérot干扰边缘.
- 测量声阻抗 (真实和虚拟部分).
主要成果:
- 没有观察到任何声学干扰.
- 没有检测到横向声音.
- 衰减必须非常高 (>2000厘米-1).
结论:
- 在这些条件下,液体3He中可能不存在横向声音.
- 另一方面,它的衰减比以前认为的要高得多.
- 讨论了高衰减的理论框架.
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