Superfluid-like TO Responses in Rotating Solid Helium
arXiv:1701.07190 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.98.014509
Abstract
The irrotational nature of superfluid helium was discovered through its decoupling from the container under rotation. Similarly, the resonant period drop of a torsional oscillator (TO) containing solid helium was first interpreted as the decoupling of solid from the TO and appearance of supersolid. However, the resonant period can be changed by mechanisms other than supersolid, such as the elastic stiffening of solid helium that is widely accepted as the reason for the TO response. To demonstrate the irrotational nature more directly, the previous experiments superimposed the dc rotation onto the TO and revealed strong suppression on the TO response without affecting the shear modulus. This result is inconsistent with the simple temperature-dependent elasticity model and supports the supersolid scenario. Here, we re-examine the rotational effect on solid helium with a two-frequency rigid TO to clarify the conflicting observations. Surprisingly, most of the result of previous rotation experiments were not reproduced. Instead, we found a very interesting superfluid-like irrotational response that cannot be explained by elastic models.
arXiv comment19 pages, 5 figures
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