Neutron reflection from the surface of normal and superfluid 4He
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❄️ cond-mat.soft
cond-mat.other
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surfacesuperfluidheliumneutronnormalreflectionstateangstroms
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The reflection of neutrons from a helium surface has been observed for the first time. The 4He surface is smoother in the superfluid state at 1.54 K than in the case of the normal liquid at 2.3 K. In the superfluid state we also observe a surface layer ~200 Angstroms thick which has a subtly different neutron scattering cross-section, which may be explained by an enhanced Bose-Einstein condensate fraction close to the helium surface.
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