On the Nature of a Narrow Roton Absorption Line in the Spectrum of a Disk-shaped SHF Resonator

Authors

  • V.M. Loktev Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine
  • M.D. Tomchenko Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe56.1.49

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Abstract

We calculate the probability of the creation of a circular phonon (c-phonon) in He II by a c-photon of the resonator. It is shown that this probability has sharp maxima at frequencies, where the effective group velocity of the c-phonon is equal to zero; the density of states of c-phonons strongly grows at such frequencies. For He II, these frequencies correspond to a roton and a maxon. From the
probability of the c-roton creation, we calculate the roton line width which is found to approximately agree with the experimental one. We conclude that the roton line observed in the super-high-frequency (SHF) absorption spectrum of helium is related to the creation of c-rotons. A possible interpretation of the Stark effect observed for the roton line is also proposed.

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2022-02-17

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Loktev, V., & Tomchenko, M. (2022). On the Nature of a Narrow Roton Absorption Line in the Spectrum of a Disk-shaped SHF Resonator. Ukrainian Journal of Physics, 56(1), 49. https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe56.1.49

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