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Contributions of phonon and vacancy excitations to thermodynamic properties of solid helium

  • Ye O. Vekhov
  • , V. N. Grigor'ev
  • , V. A. Maidanov
  • , N. P. Mikhin
  • , V. Yu Rubanskiy
  • , S. P. Rubets
  • , E. Ya Rudavskii
  • , A. S. Rybalko
  • , Ye V. Syrnikov
  • , V. A. Tikhiy

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Abstract

Precise measurements of the temperature dependence of pressure were carried out on high quality crystals of 4He and 3He- 4He solutions grown under constant volume conditions. The phonon and vacancy contributions to pressure were estimated within Debye's model of phonons and the model of wide band vacancions. The other available thermodynamic data were analyzed for pure solid helium isotopes and their solutions using this approch. The Debye temperatures and vacancy activation energies have been obtained and the universal molar volume dependence of these parameters has been found for He, He and He- He solutions. The corresponding Grüneisen parameters have been obtained, which appear to be independent of the molar volume.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)835-843
Number of pages9
JournalFizika Nizkikh Temperatur (Kharkov)
Volume33
Issue number8
StatePublished - Aug 2007

Keywords

  • Debye temperature
  • Gruneisen parameter
  • Phonons
  • Solid helium
  • Solid solutions He- He
  • Vacancies
  • Vacancy activation energy

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