Phase boundary for flow-induced textures in /sup 3/He-A

Journal Article · Mon Oct 15 04:00:00 EDT 1984 · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.53.1574· OSTI ID:6301039

Bates, D M; Ytterboe, S N; Gould, C M; Bozler, H M

Texture transitions in superfluid /sup 3/He-A are produced by a moving bellows system controlling mass flow. These texture changes are caused by the competition of magnetic, flow, and gradient energies. We have located the boundary of a region of stability with v/sub s/parallellparallelH. This boundary may be related to theoretical predictions of a transition to helical textures, but there is substantial disagreement with the theory over the maximum magnitude of the superfluid velocity in what we interpret as uniform textures.

• Research Organization: Department of Physics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089
• OSTI ID: 6301039
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 53:16; ISSN PRLTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

640450* -- Fluid Physics-- Superfluidity
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
CORRELATIONS
DATA
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HELIUM 3
HELIUM 3 A
HELIUM ISOTOPES
INFORMATION
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MASS TRANSFER
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
SIGNALS
SOUND WAVES
STABILITY
STABLE ISOTOPES
SUPERFLUIDITY
TEXTURE