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year 2012
author(s) D.I. Bradley, M. Clovecko, S.N. Fisher, D. Garg, E. Guise, R.P. Haley, O. Kolosov, G.R. Pickett, V. Tsepelin, D. Schmoranzer, L. Skrbek
title Crossover from hydrodynamic to acoustic drag on quartz tuning forks in normal and superfluid 4He
document type Paper
source Phys. Rev. B 85, 014501 (2012)
doi 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.014501
EMP/Horizon2020 This publication does not include a EMP/Horizon2020 acknowledgement.
abstract

We present measurements of the drag forces on quartz tuning forks oscillating at low velocities in normal and superfluid 4He. We have investigated the dissipative drag over a wide range of frequencies, from 6.5 to 600 kHz, by using arrays of forks with varying prong lengths and by exciting the forks in their fundamental and first overtone modes. At low frequencies the behavior is dominated by laminar hydrodynamic drag, governed by the fluid viscosity. At higher frequencies acoustic drag is dominant and is described well by a three-dimensional model of sound emission.