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Using third sound resonance below 1 K, for4He on solid H2 and D2 surfaces, we have found new phenomena. On H2 we find surface superfluidity for4He coverages less than one layer, with the zero temperature Kosterlitz-Thouless (KT) transition extrapolated to a coverage of 0.35±0.05 layers. On both H2 and D2 we find a new line of transitions below the KT transitions. On H2, at zero temperature, the new line of transitions starts at zero temperature at a coverage of 0.6±0.1 layers of4He and has a slope of 0.58 (K/layer) of the universal KT slope. We also find, on H2, two modes of surface wave propagation between the new transition and the KT transition. Below the new transition we also find anomalous third sound absorption which increases exponentially with temperature by five orders of magnitude.
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Chen, M.T., Roesler, J.M. & Mochel, J.M. Extraordinary behavior of4He on hydrogen and deuterium surfaces. J Low Temp Phys 89, 125–134 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00692584
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