Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 33, Number 8, March II 1996
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Page(s) | 623 - 628 | |
Section | Condensed matter: structure, thermal and mechanical properties | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1996-00389-2 | |
Published online | 01 September 2002 |
Observation of rapid atomic motion in solid 3He-4He mixtures using NMR
Physics Department,
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology -
Haifa, 32000, Israel
Received:
27
November
1995
Accepted:
25
January
1996
We compared liquid and solid mixtures at coexistence
using NMR imaging of the density of
and of the T2 relaxation time in the two phases. We find that
above 1 K,
atoms in a bcc solid are more mobile
than in the superfluid liquid. This rapid motion, induced by vacancies,
takes place on a microscopic scale and can be explained in terms of
-vacancy attraction of quantum origin. We relate our
observations to similar effects observed in Sn-Pb alloys.
PACS: 67.80.Mg – Defects, impurities, and diffusion / 61.72.Ji – Point defects (vacancies, interstitials, color centers, etc.) and defect clusters / 67.80.-s – Solid helium and related quantum crystals
© EDP Sciences, 1996
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