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Title: Strong coupling corrections to the Ginzburg-Landau theory of superfluid {sup 3}He

Abstract

In the Ginzburg-Landau theory of superfluid {sup 3}He, the free energy is expressed as an expansion of invariants of a complex order parameter. Strong coupling effects, which increase with increasing pressure, are embodied in the set of coefficients of these order-parameter invariants [A. J. Leggett, Rev. Mod. Phys. 47, 331 (1975); E. V. Thuneberg, Phys. Rev. B 36, 3583 (1987); J. Low Temp. Phys. 122, 657 (2001)]. Experiments can be used to determine four independent combinations of the coefficients of the five fourth-order invariants. This leaves the phenomenological description of the thermodynamics near T{sub c} incomplete. Theoretical understanding of these coefficients is also quite limited. We analyze our measurements of the magnetic susceptibility and the NMR frequency shift in the B phase which refine the four experimental inputs to the phenomenological theory. We propose a model based on existing experiments, combined with calculations by Sauls and Serene [Phys. Rev. B 24, 183 (1981)] of the pressure dependence of these coefficients, in order to determine all five fourth-order terms. This model leads us to a better understanding of the thermodynamics of superfluid {sup 3}He in its various states. We discuss the surface tension of bulk superfluid {sup 3}He and predictions formore » novel states of the superfluid such as those that are stabilized by elastic scattering of quasiparticles from a highly porous silica aerogel.« less

Authors:
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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
20957837
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 75; Journal Issue: 17; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.174503; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1098-0121
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; CORRECTIONS; ELASTIC SCATTERING; FREE ENERGY; GINZBURG-LANDAU THEORY; HELIUM 3; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORDER PARAMETERS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; QUASI PARTICLES; SILICA; STRONG-COUPLING MODEL; SUPERFLUIDITY; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMICS

Citation Formats

Choi, H, Davis, J P, Pollanen, J, Haard, T M, and Halperin, W P. Strong coupling corrections to the Ginzburg-Landau theory of superfluid {sup 3}He. United States: N. p., 2007. Web. doi:10.1103/PHYSREVB.75.174503.
Choi, H, Davis, J P, Pollanen, J, Haard, T M, & Halperin, W P. Strong coupling corrections to the Ginzburg-Landau theory of superfluid {sup 3}He. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVB.75.174503
Choi, H, Davis, J P, Pollanen, J, Haard, T M, and Halperin, W P. 2007. "Strong coupling corrections to the Ginzburg-Landau theory of superfluid {sup 3}He". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVB.75.174503.
@article{osti_20957837,
title = {Strong coupling corrections to the Ginzburg-Landau theory of superfluid {sup 3}He},
author = {Choi, H and Davis, J P and Pollanen, J and Haard, T M and Halperin, W P},
abstractNote = {In the Ginzburg-Landau theory of superfluid {sup 3}He, the free energy is expressed as an expansion of invariants of a complex order parameter. Strong coupling effects, which increase with increasing pressure, are embodied in the set of coefficients of these order-parameter invariants [A. J. Leggett, Rev. Mod. Phys. 47, 331 (1975); E. V. Thuneberg, Phys. Rev. B 36, 3583 (1987); J. Low Temp. Phys. 122, 657 (2001)]. Experiments can be used to determine four independent combinations of the coefficients of the five fourth-order invariants. This leaves the phenomenological description of the thermodynamics near T{sub c} incomplete. Theoretical understanding of these coefficients is also quite limited. We analyze our measurements of the magnetic susceptibility and the NMR frequency shift in the B phase which refine the four experimental inputs to the phenomenological theory. We propose a model based on existing experiments, combined with calculations by Sauls and Serene [Phys. Rev. B 24, 183 (1981)] of the pressure dependence of these coefficients, in order to determine all five fourth-order terms. This model leads us to a better understanding of the thermodynamics of superfluid {sup 3}He in its various states. We discuss the surface tension of bulk superfluid {sup 3}He and predictions for novel states of the superfluid such as those that are stabilized by elastic scattering of quasiparticles from a highly porous silica aerogel.},
doi = {10.1103/PHYSREVB.75.174503},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20957837}, journal = {Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics},
issn = {1098-0121},
number = 17,
volume = 75,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2007},
month = {Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2007}
}