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Pseudo-contact angle due to superfluid vortices in 4He

R. Luusalo, A. Husmann, J. Kopu, P. J. Hakonen

cond-mat.mtrl-sciarXiv:cond-mat/9910379

Abstract

We have investigated spreading of superfluid 4He on top of polished MgF2 and evaporated SiO2 substrates. Our results show strongly varying contact angles of 0 - 15 mrad on the evaporated layers. According to our theoretical calculations, these contact angles can be explained by a spatially varying distribution of vortex lines, the unpinning velocity of which is inversely proportional to the liquid depth.

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