Ripplons – gravity-capillary waves on the free surface of a liquid or at the interfaces between two superfluids – are the most favourable excitations for simulation of the general-relativistic effects related to horizons and ergoregions. The white-hole horizon for the “relativistic” ripplons at the surface of the shallow liquid is easily simulated using the kitchen-bath hydraulic jump. The same...

Differential cross sections from the 24Mg(3He, t)Z4Al reaction have been measured from 0 to 32” in the laboratory system. DWBA calculations using an effective projectile-nucleon interaction are compared with the data to verify the applicability of such an approach as well as to deduce spectroscopic information. By employing DWBA in conjunction with transition amplitudes obtained from realistic ...

A global, coarse-resolution ocean model previously fitted to geostrophic shear estimates and to data of 10 hydrographic parameters and tracers has been used to simulate the 3He and 4He distributions resulting from the release of mantle helium from mid-ocean ridges. The model is in very good agreement with 14C and chlorofluorocarbon data and has realistic global ocean overturning strength as wel...

3He crystals start to show facets on their surface only at about 100 mK, well below the roughening transition temperature. To understand the reason for that, we have performed the first quantitative investigation on the growth dynamics of the basic (110) facet at 60-110 mK. The obtained values of the step free energy suggest an extremely weak coupling of the solid-liquid interface to the crysta...

We calculate properties of a model of 4He in Vycor using the path integral Monte Carlo method. We find that 4He forms a distinct layered structure with a highly localized first layer, a disordered second layer with some atoms delocalized and able to give rise to the observed superfluid response, and higher layers of nearly perfect crystals. The addition of a single 3He atom was enough to bring ...

The spatial distribution of the geochemical domains hosting recycled crust and primordial (high-3He/4He) reservoirs, how they are linked to mantle convection, poorly understood. Two continent-sized seismic anomalies located near core-mantle boundary—called Large Low Shear Wave Velocity Provinces (LLSVPs)—are potential reservoir hosts. It has been suggested that high-3He/4He hotspots spatially c...

We report on first measurements with polarized electrons stored in a medium-energy ring and with a polarized internal target. Polarized electrons were injected at 442 MeV (653 MeV), and a partial (full) Siberian snake was employed to preserve the polarization. Longitudinal polarization at the interaction point and polarization lifetime of the stored electrons were determined with laser backscat...

We have studied the mass currents through a superfluid 3He Josephson weak link in the presence of an externally applied ac pressure modulation. Characteristic changes in the dc mass currents are observed whenever the superfluid Josephson frequency omega(J) is an integer multiple of the ac modulation frequency omega. The measured dependencies of these current changes on ac pressure amplitude are...