Crystallization waves
I. Todoshchenko
Lounasmaa Laboratory, Aalto University, Espoo 00076, Finland
Abstract
Melting-freezing wave is a peculiar phenomenon taking place on a surface of quantum crystal. This
wave can propagate due to the extremely fast growth dynamics of the suface and due to the non-dissipative
mass transport provided by the superfluid surrounding a crystal.
This short paper reviews the studies of crystallization waves starting from their theoretical prediction
and the first experimental observation by Alexander Parshin and his colleagues.