Publication at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics |
2007
Abstract
An experimental setup containing a quartz tuning fork inside a pressure cell in a glass helium cryostat enables us to experimentally observe effects in liquid He, which we ascribe to cavitation (as these are absent in gaseous He), taking place in the vicinity of the fork. Liquid helium can be prepared extremely clean and wets almost ideally any solid surface it provides an ideal model system to study cavitation.