On the transmission of crystallisation waves across the edge between the rough and faceted crystalline surfaces in superfluid 4He

Abstract

The wavelike processes of crystallisation and melting or crystallisation waves are well-known to exist at the crystal 4He surface in its rough state. Below the roughening transition temperature the crystal surface experiences the transition to the smooth faceted state and the crystallisation waves represent the propagation of a train of crystalline steps at the velocity depending on the crystal step height. Here we analyse the transmission and reflection of crystallisation waves propagating across the crystal edge separating the crystal surface in the rough and faceted states.

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References in corpus (3)

• Rayleigh-Taylor instability of crystallization waves at the superfluid-solid 4He interface
• Quantum crystal oscillations in a superfluid liquid
• On the spectrum of facet crystallization waves at the smooth 4He crystal surface