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Title: Nucleation of Vortices by Rapid Thermal Quench

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)
  2. L. D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, 117334 Moscow (Russia)

By numerical and analytical study of the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equation we show that vortex nucleation in superfluid {sup 3}He by rapid thermal quench in the presence of superflow is dominated by a transverse instability of the moving normal-superfluid interface. Exact expressions for the instability threshold as a function of supercurrent density and the front velocity are found. {copyright} {ital 1999} {ital The American Physical Society}

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
OSTI ID:
686571
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 83, Issue 13; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1999
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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