Superfluid 3He confined in a single 0.6 micron slab: A phase transition between superfluid phases with hysteresis
Abstract
We present the preliminary results of our studies of superfluid 3He in a 0.6 μm thick slab using NMR. Below T c the A phase is observed, and at low pressures the region of stability of the A phase extends down to the lowest temperatures reached, as described elsewhere. At pressures above 3.2 bar another, so far unidentified phase is observed at low temperatures. In this article we focus on the behavior of this phase and the transition between this phase and the A phase, all studied at 5.5 bar. The NMR response at low temperatures exhibits two possible frequency shifts and the transition is hysteretic in temperature. © 2009 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
Date Published
Journal
Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Volume
158
Issue
1-2
Number of Pages
159-162,
URL
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-73349103753&doi=10.1007%2fs10909-009-9946-3&partnerID=40&md5=81b6f09ff71e3307468a6a28ce8ba593
DOI
10.1007/s10909-009-9946-3
Research Area
Group (Lab)
Jeevak Parpia Group
Funding Source
0806629
DMR-0457533
DMR-0520404
EP/C522877/1
EP/E054129/1