Superfluid ^{3}He in strong magnetic fields: Anomalous sound attenuation in the B phase and evidence for splitting of the AB transition

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School of Science | A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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1990

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en

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1027-1030

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Physical Review Letters, Volume 64, Issue 9

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Zero sound attenuation at 8.9 and 26.8 MHz in 3B shows an extremum at TAB in a field of ∼2 kG at low pressures, both in the stationary and in the rotating superfluid. This is in accordance with the prediction that a critical magnetic field separates two types of B phases at the AB transition line, with and without nodes in the energy gap, respectively, and with a change in the nature of the transition. The AB phase transition takes place via an intermediate state, possibly a new phase, characterized by excess sound attenuation.

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superfluids, magnetic fields

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Kyynäräinen, J. & Pekola, Jukka & Manninen, A. & Torizuka, K. 1990. Superfluid ^{3}He in strong magnetic fields: Anomalous sound attenuation in the B phase and evidence for splitting of the AB transition. Physical Review Letters. Volume 64, Issue 9. P. 1027-1030. ISSN 0031-9007 (printed). DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.64.1027.