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氦单分子膜可能的量子液晶相

Possible quantum liquid crystal phases of helium monolayers

S. Nakamura, K. Matsui, T. Matsui, Hiroshi Fukuyama

摘要:

本文研究了$^4$ He和$^3$ He在石墨表面吸附的第二层相图。在1.4和0.9 K,分别观察到内圆比热异常,在液体和无公度固相之间的扩展密度区域。它们被确定为与Kosterlitz-无源-Halperin-Nelson-Young型二维熔融有关的异常。预期的低温相(C2相)是具有准键取向有序的相称相或$\textit{quantum hexatic}$相,两者都含有$\textit{zero}$ - $\textit{point}$缺陷。无论哪种情况,这都将是$\textit{quantum liquid crystal}$的第一个原子实现,一种新的物质状态。从$^3$ He的熔化温度的大幅度提高,我们建议将观察到的$^4$ He-C2相在1.4 K的异常分配给假设的超固态或超六角转变。

英文摘要:

The second-layer phase diagrams of $^4$He and $^3$He adsorbed on graphite are investigated. Intrinsically rounded specific-heat anomalies are observed at 1.4 and 0.9 K, respectively, over extended density regions in between the liquid and incommensurate solid phases. They are identified to anomalies associated with the Kosterlitz-Thouless-Halperin-Nelson-Young type two-dimensional melting. The prospected low temperature phase (C2 phase) is a commensurate phase or a $\textit{quantum hexatic}$ phase with quasi-bond-orientational order, both containing $\textit{zero}$-$\textit{point}$ defectons. In either case, this would be the first atomic realization of the $\textit{quantum liquid crystal}$, a new state of matter. From the large enhancement of the melting temperature over $^3$He, we propose to assign the observed anomaly of $^4$He-C2 phase at 1.4 K to the hypothetical supersolid or superhexatic transition.

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