Plastic Deformation, Vacancy Diffusion, and Vacancy Delocalization in bcc ³He

Author Info

Matthew J. Moelter, Brown UniversityFollow
M. B. Manning, Brown University
C. Elbaum, Brown University

Recommended Citation

Published in Physical Review B, Volume 33, Issue 3, February 1, 1986, pages 1634-1640.

NOTE: At the time of publication, the author Matthew Moelter was not yet affiliated with Cal Poly.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.33.1634.

Abstract

The plastic deformation of bcc ³He crystals has been studied near the melting curve, in the temperature range 0.65 K ≤T≤.17 K, and for strain rates, ɛ˙, from 2x10^-6 to 2x10^-4 sec^-1. The resulting relations between strain rate and stress, at a given temperature, are accounted for in terms of dislocation climb and vacancy diffusion in the solid He. The temperature dependence of the strain rate at a given stress indicates that a nonclassical mechanism underlies the deformation process. The vacancy diffusion coefficient in bcc ³He, as a function of temperature, is deduced from these results, and an energy bandwidth for delocalized vacancies of 0.24±0.05 K is obtained through a fit to theoretical predictions.

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Physics

Copyright

1986 American Physical Society.

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