Kosterlitz-Thouless transition for 4He films adsorbed to rough surfaces

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Luhman, D R ^a   Hallock, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CONDENSATION; CRYSTALS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GAS ADSORPTION; RESONANCE; SUPERFLUID HELIUM; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CAPILLARY CONDENSATION; DECOUPLED MASS; FREQUENCY SHIFT; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCES (QCM);

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS;

EID: 19544392490     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.086106     Document Type: Article

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